I’ll be speaking at a conference in May 2009 at Riverside Church in NY. The event is called “Forensic Scriptures: What the Qur’an Reveals about the Bible.” If you are in the area and would like to attend, you can enter “Friend of Hussein Rashid” under the “position” field to receive a $100 discount on the registration page. Make sure you also check the “affiliate” price.
I will be teaching three courses at the Center for Religious Inquiry in the Spring of 2009:
Introduction to Islam (starting 2/9 for four weeks)
Basic Arabic (one day intensive, 2/21)
Muslims and the Prophets of Judaism and Christianity (starting 4/22 for four weeks)
I will speaking at One Spirit during the month of February. The event is not open to the public.
Is Political Islam a Threat to the West?
As Hussein Rashid, a PhD candidate in Harvard University’s Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, remarked, “One thing to keep in mind is that ‘Islam doesn’t speak, Muslims do.’ It is Muslims who define what Islam says and does, within broad parameters. The new generation is engaged, informed, and articulate. It scares the Islamists, because [the new generation] won’t fall for the ideologues.”
Is Political Islam a Threat to the West?
“One thing to keep in mind is that ‘Islam doesn’t speak, Muslims do.’ It is Muslims who define what Islam says and does, within broad parameters. The new generation is engaged, informed, and articulate. It scares the Islamists, because [the new generation] won’t fall for the ideologues.”
I am an American, a Muslim, an academic, a believer. I believe the only way to learn is to teach. As a speaker and writer I hope to work with you and your community.
The Center for Religious Inquiry is always a great way to hear current lectures on religion.
This is a representative list of talks, and is not meant to be exhaustive. I hope it gives you some sense of the type of material I cover.
June 4, 2009
CNN Newshour with Kyra Phillps
Reactions to Pres. Obama’s Cairo Speech
May 7, 2009
The Daily Dish
American Muslims And Torture
April 22, 2009
HuffPo
Why No Muslim Response to Torture?
March 12, 2009
Change the Story
A Response to Fareed Zakaria
January 25, 2009
HuffPo
Is Political Islam a Threat to the West?
January 24, 2009
AltMuslim
Is Political Islam a Threat to the West?
Feb. 2, 2009 (from Sept. 25, 2008)
Highlights from a panel I was on in Sept. 2008 on “Muslims in the Media,” part of a series called “The Cost of War.” The full audio of the panel is available on this page.
Jan. 8, 2009
UN Press Conference
Nov. 8, 2008
The Journal News (New York)
Hussein is not a Slur
Sep. 11, 2008
Russia Today (New York)
Jul. 17, 2008
Shariah TV (UK)
Muslims and the 2008 Presidential Election
May 30, 2008
HuffPo
Swiftboating Obama: Renowned Muslim Scholar Couldn’t Publish Apostasy Response
May 2008
Iqra TV (Saudi Arabia)
Young Muslim Leaders in Cairo
Sept. 30, 2007
CBS Evening News
Talking about the intersection of religion and politics.
Oct. 25, 2006
Oxford University Press Blog
Ingrid Mattson named Head of ISNA
Aug. 13, 2006
State of Belief – Air America Radio
July 2006
New Jersey Jewish News
Hussein