Hamzah Raza

Hamzah Raza is a freelance journalist and social commentator whose writings are popular in Muslim and left-wing circles. He writes frequently for the Huffington Post, RawStory, AlterNet, Blavity, and National Memo.
A video of Raza questioning Rick Santorum after a lecture at Vanderbilt University in April 2016 went viral and was featured by Mic. Raza had asked Santorum to name the five main points of Sharia law. Santorum was not able to answer the question. Raza told about his encounter with Santorum, "After his talk, I asked Santorum to name the 5 foundations of Sharia, which he was unable to do. It was also difficult for him to fathom the fact that Muslim scholars across the religious spectrum have all condemned ISIS. And that ISIS does follow not a legitimate interpretation of Sharia, according to basically every Muslim in the world. Although he could not name a single Muslim scholar who supports ISIS, he still insisted that ISIS is very popular (a claim that is statistically untrue). Santorum also found it difficult to fathom the fact that religion is up to interpretation."
Raza has been accused of writing racist articles such as the article called "Polarizing event hinders progress, unity" in the "Daily Targum".
Hamzah Raza attends Vanderbilt, where he is currently pursuing degrees in Religious Studies and Economics.

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