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Cold stones – The Immanent Frame. When I first received the invitation to contribute to “Is This All There Is,” I thought immediately of the great speculative fiction author Douglas Adams. The question called to mind the title of his novel So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish. An open…Continue readingCold stones – The Immanent Frame

Hussein Rashid Archives – PEN America. In America, people are always finding ways to try to silence things they don’t understand. Right now, it’s religion; before, it was race.

Hijacking Jihad: Reclaiming Islam's 'Personal Struggle'. Over the last two decades, the term “Jihad” has exclusively been defined as a holy war perpetrated by extremists. As such, when the average American hears the term “Jihad,” they conflate Islam with terror. Although the term has been hijacked by extremists, many Muslims…Continue readingHijacking Jihad: Reclaiming Islam’s ‘Personal Struggle’

Believer, religious studies, and the public « The Immanent Frame. When we ask what sort of religious studies work Believer does, we are truly asking, what is the nature of our field and what sort of work do we do? As Edward Said, amongst others, noted, we are now academics,…Continue readingBeliever, religious studies, and the public « The Immanent Frame

Is It Hateful To Believe In Hell? Bernie Sanders’ Questions Prompt Backlash | UPR Utah Public Radio. Hussein Rashid, founder of the religious literacy consultancy Islamicate L3C, doesn’t agree that the belief itself is a problem.   “I think we have to accept that there are theologies that are what I…Continue readingIs It Hateful To Believe In Hell? Bernie Sanders’ Questions Prompt Backlash | UPR Utah Public Radio

Trump’s statement on Ramadan is almost entirely about terrorism – The Washington Post. “He could not recall the honor of being on stage with one of the icons of American life, but could remember to deny part of America’s story,” said Hussein Rashid, founder of islamicate, a consultancy focusing on…Continue readingTrump’s statement on Ramadan is almost entirely about terrorism – The Washington Post