A law professor at Texas Wesleyan, Sahar Aziz recently published the blog below on the Huffington Post. We had a chance to hear Prof. Aziz at a conference recently held at Columbia University on Muslim-American Citizenship. You can listen to her presentation and others as podcasts. Below is a preview of her blog:
Time to Address Violence Against Muslim Women
Late last year, a Staten Island woman and her toddler were attacked by a pedestrian who punched her in the face, pulled on her scarf, asked her why she was in America, and called all Muslims and Arabs terrorists. One week later in Seattle, Wash., two American citizens of Somali descent were physically attacked at a gas station. The female assailant called them suicide bombers, terrorists and told them to go back to their country. She then slammed the door on the leg of one of the women, kicked her and pulled off her headscarf. After the attack, one victim was afraid to leave her house because her Muslim headscarf could invite further violence… Continue reading
