Year: 2010

Good Muslim, Bad Muslim? Gov. Paterson Inserts Foot — Again. New York Gov. David Paterson has sought to be a peacemaker in the viral dispute over building an Islamic center near ground zero, suggesting the mosque be moved a few blocks farther away and even offering state land for a…Continue readingQuoted: Politics Daily – Good Muslim, Bad Muslim? Gov. Paterson Inserts Foot — Again

Why Muslim Americans Have Been Reluctant to Show Support for Park51 – WNYC. According to Hussein Rashid, a professor at Hofstra University and contributor to Religion Dispatches, thinks Muslims have rallied around the constitutional rights of those planning Park 51. But he thinks the Cordoba Initiative has failed to convert…Continue readingQuoted: WNYC – Why Muslim Americans Have Been Reluctant to Show Support for Park51

Paterson: Mosque Developers ‘Hybrid, Almost Westernized’ Muslims: Hofstra Professor Slams Gov, Says He Has No Idea About Islam But Hussein Rashid, a professor of religion at Hofstra, was stunned by the governor’s remarks.“I think Gov. Paterson is firmly in the percentage of the American population that admits it knows nothing…Continue readingInterview: CBS2 NY on Gov. Paterson’s remarks on Islam

It Can Be Both | Talking Points Memo. Others point out that whatever you think about the controversy, which in some respects has become global, there’s hardly even a project. What you have really is a developer who owns a building and a Imam with a non-profit and a concept.…Continue readingQuoted: TPM on Park51

PostLeadership: Leadership at the “Ground Zero mosque”: A Failure? – Jena McGregor. But among their many detractors is one that may surprise you. Hussein Rashid, a Muslim, is a professor of religious studies at Hofstra University, an occasional speaker for the Interfaith Alliance and Faith in Public Life organizations, and…Continue readingQuoted: WaPo Leadership Blog on Park51

Imam Rauf: Mosque planner has been mostly silent during noisy debate. “The fact that the organizers of Park51 did not see Islamophobia as a concern when announcing this proposal is disturbing. It reinforces the idea that they have no vision or leadership,” Hofstra University professor and blogger Hussein Rashid wrote…Continue readingQuoted: WaPo on Park51

What Goes On Inside Your Neighborhood Mosque Mosque In Your Neighborhood – blog The proposed Islamic center near ground zero has spurred intense debate, but it isn’t the only U.S. mosque to trigger controversy. From California to Wisconsin, Staten Island to Tennessee, protesters in local communities have said they do…Continue readingInterview on NPR’s Talk of the Nation on Park51

Ramadan 101: Lessons in Islam I think, without fail, my favorite part of Ramadan is Laylat al-Qadr, the Night of Power. This is the night Muslims believe the Qur’an was revealed, and you spend the entire night in prayer. The chanting of God’s name that I participate in is one…Continue readingInterview on Omaha.net on Ramadan

So I called him up. He is an adamant defender of the right for the center to be built. “Everyone is talking about the right of religious freedom,” he said of the center. “No one,” he went on, “is talking about what good the center will do.” Once you move…Continue readingQuoted: KtB on Park51