Author: Hussein

The New York Time is running an excerpt of the conversation. Andrew Sullivan’s The Daily Dish is also running it.

Rush transcript.

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