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What Goes On Inside Your Neighborhood Mosque Mosque In Your Neighborhood – blog The proposed Islamic center near ground zero has spurred intense debate, but it isn’t the only U.S. mosque to trigger controversy. From California to Wisconsin, Staten Island to Tennessee, protesters in local communities have said they do…Continue readingInterview on NPR’s Talk of the Nation on Park51

Ramadan 101: Lessons in Islam I think, without fail, my favorite part of Ramadan is Laylat al-Qadr, the Night of Power. This is the night Muslims believe the Qur’an was revealed, and you spend the entire night in prayer. The chanting of God’s name that I participate in is one…Continue readingInterview on Omaha.net on Ramadan

So I called him up. He is an adamant defender of the right for the center to be built. “Everyone is talking about the right of religious freedom,” he said of the center. “No one,” he went on, “is talking about what good the center will do.” Once you move…Continue readingQuoted: KtB on Park51

“There is some ambivalence within the community,” said Hussein Rashid, a visiting professor of religious studies at Hofstra University who specializes in Islam in America. “We still want to know who is going to be involved in this. So far, we have heard from just a few Muslim voices. If…Continue readingQuoted: New York Times on Park51

My interview on The Takeaway about Park51, the so-called Ground Zero Mosque. In light of this local issue that’s quickly morphed into a national cause, we turn to a larger question surrounding the debate: what are our country’s views toward Islam, nine years after 9/11? In regard to the extreme…Continue readingThe Takeaway: On Park51

But Hussein Rashid, an American-born Muslim who teaches religion at Hofstra University, said he couldn’t make a “blanket statement” on the subject. “Depending on how the parents managed it, it could be an enriching experience,” he said. One Family, Two Faiths, A Multitude Of Questions | The Jewish Week

The full piece can be heard on PRI’s website for the The World. Lots of good music.

“It is poorly named since there is no honor in killing a woman. What these crimes are about is controlling a woman and it is not something unique to just Muslim society,” Hussein Rashid, a visiting instructor at Hofstra University’s Department of Religion, told Fox411.com. “I can’t put words in…Continue readingQuoted: Fox News on Honor Killings