The Curious Case of the Racial Muslim

Sahar Aziz | Shada Islam | Brussels So White | Islamophobia phobia | Anti-Muslim Hatred | Impact of 9/11 | Collective guilt | Bloodlines in Europe | Colonial legacies | Whiteness over time

16 July 2022

Legal scholar Sahar Aziz says people who identify as Muslim are often perceived in racial terms, like Black and Brown people, in White-dominated societies. That makes Muslims on both sides of the Atlantic the subject of similar forms of racism. She also says protecting observant Muslims in Europe may be more difficult than in the United States, where religious observance is more commonplace. In this episode: Sahar Aziz in conversation with the journalist and think tanker Shada Islam.

James Kanter is co-founder and editor EU Scream. For 12 years he was an EU Correspondent for the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times based in Paris and Brussels.  

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