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Khaled A. Beydoun

Khaled A. Beydoun is an Arab and Muslim American law professor who serves as a professor of law at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law[1] and is a Scholar-in-Residence at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University.[2] Beydoun is focuses on issues such as on Islamophobia, particularly its relationship to the War on Terror and U.S. national security issues. His books include American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear[3] and The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims.[4] He is also the co-editor of Islamophobia and the Law, published by Cambridge University Press.[5]

Khaled A. Beydoun
Born
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationProfessor
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Michigan, University of Toronto, UCLA, and Harvard University
Academic work
Main interestsIslamophobia, law, civil rights

Early life and education

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Khaled Beydoun was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan.[6] He holds degrees from the University of Michigan, the University of Toronto, and UCLA.[7] Beydoun is also an Affiliate Faculty at the University of California, Berkeley Islamophobia Research & Documentation Project,[8] and an Extraordinary Professor at the University of Western Cape's Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice.[9] He formerly served as a Scholar-in-Residence at Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center IfRFA,[10] and taught at several law schools, including the University of Arkansas, Wayne State University, and UCLA.[11]

Personal racial profiling experience

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In 2019, on a domestic flight, Beydoun says he experienced racial profiling, which the Arkansas Times reported culminated with an assault involving the plane's captain.[12]  A police report was filed.[13]

Career

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Beydoun's academic interests include constitutional law, civil rights, and the relationship between race and Islam in the United States. His research has been published in academic journals such as the UCLA Law Review,[14] Northwestern Law Review,[15] and the Harvard Civil Rights–Civil Liberties Law Review.[16] His work on issues such as surveillance, terrorism, and anti-Muslim policies have also been mentioned by The New York Times,[17] The Washington Post,[18] Al Jazeera,[19] and CNN.

Beydoun focuses on identity matters tied to Arab, Middle Eastern, and Muslim identities, particularly in the context of the pro-Palestinian movement. His work has addressed events like the October 7 rally in Sydney, the Christchurch mosque shootings[20] and the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. He has also spoken extensively about the Gaza conflict and its legal and humanitarian implications.

The Australian government cancelled Beydoun's visa in response to his claim, made in Sydney, that the anniversary of Hamas' October 7 attacks represents a day of “considerable celebration”.[21][22]

His work also extends to advising governments and policy-making bodies. Beydoun served on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights for three years and earned an Open Society Foundations Equality Fellowship.[23][24]

In 2021, Beydoun joined the Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice as an honorary faculty member.[25]

Beydoun has received awards such as the Frederick Douglass Educator Award.[26] In 2021, Beydoun was named an "Extraordinary Professor" by the University of Western Cape in South Africa.[1]

In his book, The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims,[27] he wrote that the association of the phrase "Allah Akbar" with terrorism has been exacerbated by mass media and television pundits. He adds that films and shows also utilize it as a cinematic trope.[28]

Selected publications

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  • Beydoun, Khaled A. (2018). American Islamophobia. Oakland, California: Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-97000-7.
  • Beydoun, Khaled, Lone Wolf Terrorism: Types, Stripes and Double Standards (March 21, 2018). 112 Northwestern Law Review (2018).
  • Beydoun, Khaled A. (2016). "Electing Islamophobia". SSRN Electronic Journal. Elsevier BV. doi:10.2139/ssrn.2742857. ISSN 1556-5068.
  • Beydoun, Khaled and Wilson, Erika K., Reverse Passing (February 21, 2016). UCLA Law Review, Vol. 64 (2017).
  • Beydoun, Khaled, Islamophobia: Toward a Legal Definition and Framework (2016). 116 Columbia Law Review Online 108 (2016).
  • Beydoun, Khaled and Ayoub, Abed, Executive Disorder: The Muslim Ban, Emergency Advocacy, and the Fires Next Time (November 25, 2017). 22 Michigan Journal of Race & Law 215 (2017).
  • Beydoun, Khaled, Between Muslim and White: The Legal Construction of Arab American Identity (November 22, 2014). 69 N.Y.U. Ann. Surv. Am. L. 29 (2013).
  • Beydoun, Khaled, The Trafficking of Ethiopian Domestic Workers into Lebanon: Navigating Through a Novel Passage of the International Maid Trade (2006). Berkeley Journal of International Law (BJIL), Vol. 24, p. 1009, 2006.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Khaled Beydoun | ASU Search". search.asu.edu.
  2. ^ "home | Berkman Klein Center". cyber.harvard.edu.
  3. ^ American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear. Univ of California Press. 3 April 2018. ISBN 978-0-520-29779-1.
  4. ^ The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims. Univ of California Press. 27 February 2024. ISBN 978-0-520-40269-0.
  5. ^ Beydoun, Khaled A. (2020). Islamophobia and the Law. Cambridge University Press – via repository.law.asu.edu.
  6. ^ "Khaled Beydoun". July 23, 2018.
  7. ^ "UCLA Law alumnus and legal scholar Khaled Beydoun discusses his work and heritage". UCLA.
  8. ^ "Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project". Center for Race and Gender. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  9. ^ "Professor Khaled Beydoun". Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice. 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  10. ^ "Khaled Beydoun". Berkman Klein Center. 2020-12-16. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  11. ^ Adams, Annabel (2023-04-25). "UCLA Law alumnus and legal scholar Khaled Beydoun discusses his work and heritage". UCLA. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  12. ^ "Passenger complains about Delta pilot after landing at XNA, sees racial profiling". 12 February 2019.
  13. ^ "Adobe Acrobat".
  14. ^ Beydoun, Khaled A.; Wilson, Erika K. "Reverse Passing" (PDF). www.uclalawreview.org.
  15. ^ "Lone Wolf Terrorism: Types, Stripes, and Double Standards". Northwestern University Law Review. 112 (5): 1213–1244. March 1, 2018.
  16. ^ "Khaled A. Beydoun, Author at Harvard Law Review". Harvard Law Review.
  17. ^ Beydoun, Khaled A. (2018-06-13). "To Be Poor and Ignored During Ramadan". The New York Times.
  18. ^ "Opinion The world of inconsistencies between Ukraine, the Middle East and beyond". Washington Post. 2022-03-07.
  19. ^ "Khaled A Beydoun | Al Jazeera News | Today's latest from Al Jazeera". Al Jazeera.
  20. ^ "Stuff".
  21. ^ https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/propalestine-protester-and-academic-who-claimed-oct-7-anniversary-was-a-good-day-has-visa-revoked-by-australian-government/news-story/5f82e1d88636e639b48db3fc4830b132
  22. ^ https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/news/american-professor-kicked-out-of-australia-after-telling-propalestine-rally-october-7-was-a-good-day/news-story/ebe988aac031afc04901319d18290158
  23. ^ "Soros Equality Fellowship". www.opensocietyfoundations.org.
  24. ^ "Open Society Foundations Announce 2018 Soros Equality Fellows". www.opensocietyfoundations.org.
  25. ^ "Professor Khaled Beydoun".
  26. ^ "Frederick Douglass Award - Secretary of State". www.sos.ky.gov.
  27. ^ Beydoun, Khaled A. (21 March 2023). The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0520356306.
  28. ^ Khaled Beydoun. "The perils of saying 'Allahu Akbar' in public". Washington Post.
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