Cameo: CBS News.com on the ADR Fellowship
Hussein The Ariane de Rothschild Fellowship showed up on CBSnews.com, and I make a brief cameo.
See earlier post on the fellowship.
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Mention: Jews on First
The good folks at Jews on First decided to include an essay I wrote on being Muslim in America as part of a resource kit they are putting together.
Broad attacks have been launched against the validity of Islam as a religion and the situation of Muslim-Americans has been made more precarious in ways that many Jews have found to be all too familiar. In the course of our research on the issue, we have found many articles and sermons to be very helpful in charting the course of the controversy and in articulating principles that can help guide our response, and we have compiled some of the most useful and uplifting examples for you here. In particular, we are awed and heartened by the number and quality of Yom Tov sermons that this discussion has inspired, and we are proud to share them with you.
Photos
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image courtesy of Ali Ansary, 2010 (Image taken at Ariane de Rothchild Fellowship banquet)
Image courtesy of Taha Kazi, 2011 (Image taken at CAMP Conference)
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Revealing Ramadan
In 2009, On Faith, now On Being, ran a wonderful series called Revealing Ramadan, for which I was asked to contribute. They re-ran the series this year, in 2010, and I just wanted to highlight it once more.
From my written piece:
Of course, if God is First and Last, how does one end the day, but in the same way? The rhythm of the day is punctuated by these two moments, but in the middle, God is never forgotten.
Interview on BBC’s Beyond Belief on The history and place of Islam in America
I was interviewed for BBC’s program Beyond Belief. The show aired on Oct. 4, 2010. The podcast is available here for the next four weeks.
Columbia Club: Meeting American Islam: 500 Years of History, Art and Culture
I am speaking at the Columbia Club of NY on Nov. 4. Unfortunately, the event is members only, but since I am an alum, I’m hoping a few of you are as well.
Details can be found here.
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.