Sectarian conundrums – Newspaper – DAWN.COM
Sectarian conundrums – Newspaper – DAWN.COM. Unfortunately, such content, as Hussein Rashid argues, creates “a normative Islam against which other Muslims are measured”.
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New Chapter: In Cyber Muslims
Cyber Muslims: Mapping Islamic Digital Media in the Internet Age Through an array of detailed case studies, this book explores the vibrant digital expressions of diverse groups of Muslim cybernauts: religious clerics and Sufis, feminists and fashionistas, artists and activists, hajj pilgrims and social media influencers. These stories span a…
Event: Critical Race Theory and Religion
Shoulder to Shoulder hosted a panel discussion featuring Harman Singh from The Sikh Coalition, Taneeza Islam from South Dakota Voices for Peace, and Hussein Rashid representing the Interfaith Center of New York to learn more about what CRT is and isn’t and what we can do to create communities where…
New Chapter: In Are the Arts Essential?
Are the Arts Essential? Across twenty-five highly engaging essays, these luminaries join together to address this question and to share their own ideas, experiences, and ambitions for the arts. Darren Walker discusses the ideals of justice and fairness advanced through the arts; Mary Schmidt Campbell shows us how artists and…
New Book: Teaching Critical Religious Studies
Teaching Critical Religious Studies: Pedagogy and Critique in the Classroom Are you teaching religious studies in the best way possible? Do you inadvertently offer simplistic understandings of religion to undergraduate students, only to then unpick them at advanced levels? This book presents case studies of teaching methods that integrate student…
Teaching History | More On That Now | #sfusa2022 – YouTube
Teaching History | More On That Now | #sfusa2022 – YouTube. What role should the performing arts play in education and the teaching of history? Spoleto Festival USA’s 2022 season looked at the power of the arts to reveal untold histories, especially those of marginalized people and groups whose stories…
Event: Addressing the anti-CRT Movement
Addressing the anti-CRT Movement What is the anti-CRT (Critical Race Theory) movement and what does it have to do with faith communities? Is teaching about religious and racial diversity now banned? Join Shoulder to Shoulder for a presentation and panel discussionfeaturing Harman Singh from The Sikh Coalition, Taneeza Islam from…
“Are the Arts Essential?”: Finding and Fostering Community Through the Lens of Urdu – YouTube
"Are the Arts Essential?": Finding and Fostering Community Through the Lens of Urdu – YouTube. Wajahat Ali, renowned writer and TED Talk speaker, sits down with Director of the Building Bridges Program Zeyba Rahman and scholar Hussein Rashid to discuss their essay, "An Urdu of the Twenty-First-Century United States." In…