2010
Hussein Guest Post at On Being with Krista Tippett
The good folks at On Being published a guest post by me about my trip to Fes earlier in the summer of 2010.
The difference between the sacred and the profane is much more porous in these contexts. Here, popular does not mean a-religious, and religious does not mean private. No one was forced to believe or practice anything; stores would remain open during prayer time, sisters would walk down the street, one in hijab and the other not. As a result, people lived and expressed their faith at every moment.
New York Rabbi Teams Up With Muslim Scholar to Teach Islam in a Christian Church
Rabbi Leonard A. Schoolman, who has devoted much of his career to inter-religious education, has teamed up with Dr. Hussein Rashid, an up-and-coming leader in New York’s Muslim community, to fight religious intolerance and ignorance with a unique educational program – held at a Christian church in Manhattan.
Listen Up TV Appearance: Being Muslim in America
The show is split into four segments, of which I am embedding the third when I appear. I link to all four segments because it is some of the most comprehensive work on Park51 I have seen so far. Listen Up TV is a news program in Canada that looks at current events through a Christian worldview.
Mention: Austin Statesman
“I think Gov. Paterson is firmly in the percentage of the American population that admits it knows nothing about Islam,” Hussein Rashid, a professor of religion at Hofstra University on Long Island, told CBS.
Event: IMANA-Hofstra Ethics Symposium “End of Life Issues: Ethical and Religious Perspectives”
I will be moderating a panel at this conference:
IMANA-Hofstra Ethics Symposium “End of Life Issues: Ethical and Religious Perspectives”
Friday, September 17
Advance Directives and Living Wills for Muslims
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Session 4
Moderator: Hussein Rashid, Ph.D.
Article with Rabbi Nancy Fuchs Kreimer on 9/11
September 11, 2010: A Time for Turning
September 11. The date, the words are still so evocative. Hate, anger, fear, sorrow, loss. Nine years after the event, emotions can still be as intense as they were in 2001. For some Americans, September 11 is the anniversary of their loved one’s death. Along with the annual memorials, this year the day will also include public demonstrations both in support of and in opposition to Park51, misnamed the “Ground Zero Mosque.”
Both of us will be marking that day as part of our holy season. For Jews, the 11th is Shabbat Shuva, literally the Sabbath of turning, or repentance, wedged between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur. For Muslims, it is Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of fasting during the month of Ramadan, the month when Muslims are spiritually reborn. Each year, we see this time, each in our own way, as one of deep inner work whose result, God willing, is the making of new commitments.
This year, it feels important that our religious soul-searching include addressing what is going on in the public square, the larger issues that the controversy about Park51 highlights. Our country’s pluralistic ideals often are at odds with the messier reality on the ground. The volume and intensity of the debate around this particular proposal has felt overwhelming at times, the escalation of hate speech frightening. At the same time, there has been a reaching out across boundaries and a growing recognition by many fair-minded Americans that we all have a lot of work to do to help our society live up to its best self.
Bloggingheads.tv : American Muslim
The New York Time is running an excerpt of the conversation.
Andrew Sullivan’s The Daily Dish is also running it.
Speaking Event: Museum of Fine Arts Houston: Everyday Art: The Islamic Impact on American Art, 9/26/10
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