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An online publication of the AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University

Racialization of Islam

History Speaks EP 6 | Muslim History in the American Midwest | Tazeen Ali with Edward E. Curtis IV

October 6, 2022October 14, 2025

In this episode of History Speaks, Tazeen M. Ali speaks with Edward E. Curtis IV about his recent book, Muslims of the Heartland: How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest (NYU Press, 2022). They…

Islam-politics in the New German Coalition Government Program

By Farid Hafez  //  March 15, 2018March 19, 2018

The forming of a coalition between the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Unions (CDU & CSU) relieved many, who believe in the European Union, that one of Europe’s most important countries will have…

Returning to Islamophobia as the Racialization of Islam and Muslims

By Nasar Meer  //  December 6, 2017

Consistent findings from Pew attitude surveys report incredibly high numbers of Hungarians (72 percent), Italians (69 percent), Poles (66 percent), Greeks (65 percent), Spaniards (50 percent), Swedes (35 percent), Dutch (35 percent), Germans (29 percent)…

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