March 2011

Quoted: Press Release for Prepare NY

Hussein March 24, 2011

Major Coalition Formed to Bolster Tolerance and Healing as Tenth Anniversary of… — NEW YORK, March 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ —.

“I am exceptionally proud to be a New Yorker,” said Hussein Rashid, Ph.D., a principal instructor at Quest, another of the coalition partners. “After the events of 9/11, we came together as a city. Now, 10 years later, we need to actively work to heal our city, to have some of the conversations we never had, and to lead our country by example. This coalition of faith-based organizers and institutions is our contribution back to New York City.”

Guest Voices: Peter King’s Muslim hearings: more questions than answers – On Faith at washingtonpost.com

Hussein March 10, 2011

Guest Voices: Peter King’s Muslim hearings: more questions than answers – On Faith at washingtonpost.com.

Approximately half-way through the King hearings today, I am struck by how nebulous the purpose of the hearings are. I am unclear as to why Rep. King has called them, and what goals they will serve

Quoted: Politics Daily

Hussein March 10, 2011

Muslim Baiting: Peter King’s Dangerous Obsession.

Agrees Hussein Rashid, a professor at Hofstra who blogs at HusseinRashid.com: “Most domestic terror does not come from the Muslim community. The equivalent would have made all Irish Catholics suspects in ’80s, Jews in Communist era, blacks in rise of the Black Panthers, or that all Italians would be responsible for the mob. It is unacceptable. 

“It shows that King is unaware of his constituency in New York. It shows a real lack of engagement with those constituencies and shows a real lack of awareness of what being in charge of Homeland Security actually means — it means engaging on what unites us rather than [what’s] dividing us. . . . Diverting law enforcement resources away from real threats to investigating our community, well, that opens holes in our safety net.”