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Sajida Jalalzai

Dr. Sajida Jalalzai is Assistant Professor of Religion at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. She is an expert in the study of North American Islam. Her work explores questions about Muslim leadership in the United States and Canada.

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Religion Dispatches
Media Scrambles to Find Absolute Dumbest Way to Smear Mamdani as Finish Line Approaches
“What do you call someone from Japan?” “ Japanese .” “What do you call someone from England?” “ English .” “What do you call someone from India?” “ Auntie or Uncle .” I doubled over laughing as my…
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Religion Dispatches
Republican candidate for Texas’ 31st Congressional District Valentina Gomez wants to save America from Islam—with a flamethrower. A recent campaign ad posted on X shows the 26-year-old Colombian…
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Religion Dispatches
Like many other women living in Texas, news of the Supreme Court’s refusal to block Senate Bill 8 (SB 8) hit me hard. This extreme law not only bans abortion around six weeks in all cases of pregnancy…
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