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LIVE CHAT WITH HUSSEIN RASHID – Prepare New York

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LIVE CHAT WITH HUSSEIN RASHID – Prepare New York.

On Tuesday, June 21st from 12-1pm EST PrepareNY.com will be hosting another Online Chat designed to spark a new kind of conversation as we approach the tenth anniversary of 9/11.
  

This week’s featured guest will be:
Hussein Rashid, Founder of the “Islamicate” blog site and contributor to the upcoming book “I Speak For Myself: American Men on Being Muslim.”

 http://www.islamicate.com/islamicate
  

Theme for the chat is “Religion and Politics.”

Books

Report: Understanding Sharia Law

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Back in March I contributed to Center for Amerian Progress’ report on “Sharia Law.” The report can be found here.

But by defining Sharia itself as the problem, and then asserting the authenticity of only the most extreme interpretations of Sharia, the authors are effectively arguing that the internecine struggle within Islam should be ceded to extremists. They also cast suspicion upon all observant Muslims.

It’s important to understand that adopting such a flawed analysis would direct limited resources away from actual threats to the United States and bolster an anti-Muslim narrative that Islamist extremist groups find useful in recruiting.

It would also target and potentially alienate our best allies in the effort against radicalization: our fellow Americans who are Muslim. According to the “Sharia threat” argument, all Muslims who practice any aspect of their faith are inherently suspect since Sharia is primarily concerned with correct religious practice.

Media Appearances

Quoted: ABC News on Bin Laden’s Death

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Hussein Rashid, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, recognizes this sentiment of bin Laden as a larger than life threat among Muslim-American youth — similar to his generation’s experience during the Cold War.

“We’re now getting a group of young adults whose first conscious memory was formed by Osama bin Laden. Their biggest enemy has always been Al Qaeda and bin Laden,” Rashid said.

from American Muslim Students React to Osama bin Laden’s Death

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