Mark Fathi Massoud is a professor of politics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he directs the Legal Studies Program. In his Academy project, “Shari‘a and Religious Exclusion i...
Ellen Maria Gorrissen Lecture
Islam and Politics in America Today
Between 2010 and 2020, American state legislators introduced more than two hundred bills banning sharia. In this talk, Mark Fathi Massoud discusses the historical exclusion of religious minorities in American law and society. He also looks at contemporary responses to anti-Muslim hate and the ways that Americans of all stripes have come to view religion as an alternate legal order that either competes or complies with the US Constitution.
16
Apr 24
Law
16.04.2024
19:30
- 21:00
American Academy in Berlin
Am Sandwerder 17-19
14109 Berlin-Wannsee
Am Sandwerder 17-19
14109 Berlin-Wannsee
Speaker: Mark Fathi Massoud
This event took place on April 16, 2024.