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SpearIt
SpearIt
SpearIt is the author of "American Prisons: A Critical Primer on Culture and Conversion to Islam" and a professor of Law at Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University.
ARTICLES BY SPEARIT
Alabama executes a Muslim and extinguishes religious rights
The execution on February 7 of a Muslim on Alabama’s death row raises a number of legal and cultural questions abo
SpearIt
| February 28th, 2019
Thinking about Trump’s “Wall” through Pink Floyd’s
Prior to winning the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump campaigned as a tough-on-immigration candidate who vowed t
SpearIt
| November 29th, 2018
#TakeAKnee: Sports, Politics and Civil Religion
Take a Knee Sunday represented a major rejection of President Donald Trump’s attacks on players in the NFL. In a r
SpearIt
| October 1st, 2017
Prison: A Sacred Space in American Islam
Reliance on mass incarceration as a response to crime has reached critical heights in recent decades. The numbers need n
SpearIt
| August 23rd, 2017
Radical, Jihadist, Terrorist — the Difference & Why it Matters
Although Donald Trump managed to vilify the Muslim religion throughout his campaign for president, one of his first exec
SpearIt
| February 13th, 2017
Trump Cries and Media Wolves
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is busy building a case that the media are rigging the election. The cacophony r
SpearIt
| October 31st, 2016
How Implicit Bias Drags Down Clinton
In the first 2016 presidential debate, moderator Lester Holt focused on an issue that has never before enjoyed such time
SpearIt
| October 7th, 2016
The Orlando Massacre and Death of Muhammad Ali
The passing of Muhammad Ali brought the briefest of repose for American Muslims. For a moment, the world stood still to
SpearIt
| October 7th, 2016
The Wrath of Khan
Khizr Khan’s speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention shook up the evening perhaps like no other.
SpearIt
| August 4th, 2016
Muhammad Ali’s Death is Right On Time for Muslims
The death of boxing legend Muhammad Ali is a major blessing for American Muslims. Not only does his momentous pass
SpearIt
| June 10th, 2016