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The Roots of Racialized Religion

In January of 2017 President Trump issued Executive Order 13769 titled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States,” popularly referred to as the “Muslim Ban.” This executive order banned nationals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, … Continue reading

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Racializing Queer Religiosity: LGBTQ Muslims in the Western Imagination

There is a certain conceptualization of the place of queer bodies in religious spaces in the Western imagination. Religion and queerness are often posited as existing in opposite realms, as if there are endless, inherent contradictions between individuals holding both … Continue reading

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Muslim Bodies as Postcolonial Migrants: Integration, Racialization, and the Failure to Face Colonial Legacies

Patterns of migration continually evolve and transform as global events take place. Colonialism is responsible for many of these contemporary patterns and established attitudes and power dynamics central to migration. This is crucial to understanding today’s trends and also directs … Continue reading

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NOI: Nonviolent or Insurgent?

Black Islam in the United States is not singular or static. While there are many varieties of Black Islam—some of which look like “orthodox” Sunni Islam, meanwhile others are more unconventional—this blog focuses on the Nation of Islam (NOI), with … Continue reading

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Islamic Environmentalism in Indonesia: Inherently Ecological or Reactionary Apologism?

How does the Muslim-majority Asian State of Indonesia combat the effects of anthropogenic climate change through people’s mobilization efforts and policy, and what is the role of Islam in influencing environmental preservation efforts? This blog explores the radicalization of both … Continue reading

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Essentialization and Erasure in the Occupation of Palestine

Since at least the mid-nineteenth century, with the increasing spread of colonialism and the fall of the Ottoman empire, imperial world powers have essentialized the practitioners of the religion of Islam to be constitutive of a unified race. As with … Continue reading

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