Category: Media Appearances

Opinion: After 9/11, reaction to Muslim Americans more nuanced However, whatever we learn about them does not tell us why they did what they did – only parts of who they are. It is easy, in the initial aftermath of the bombings, to make careless associations between identity and motive, similar…Continue readingCNN Op-Ed on Boston Bombings

Hussein Rashid on the Importance of Desmond Tutu's Templeton Prize | Odyssey Networks. Desmond Tutu, the former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town who fought against apartheid in South Africa, was named the 2013 Templeton Prize winner Thursday. What Tutu shows is that theology is not divorced from the world, says…Continue readingOn the Importance of Desmond Tutu’s Templeton Prize | Odyssey Networks

Hussein Rashid: Take the State out of Marriage | Odyssey Networks. As the Supreme Court considers two cases on gay marriage this week, arguments on both sides of the issue are heating up. Perhaps it’s worth reconsidering whether the state should be involved in the institution of marriage to begin…Continue readingTake the State out of Marriage | Odyssey Networks

Junaid Jahangir: Why All Muslims Are Talking About Queer Sexuality. In February, U.K. based Muslim MP Sadiq Khan received death threats for voting in favour of same-sex marriage. Ignoring Muslim voices that condemned these threats, many commenters generalized and stereotyped the entire Muslim community.

‘Mapping Muslims’ – New Report Reveals Devestating Effects NYPD Surveillance has on Muslim Community. By the end of last February, after Patheos first covered the breakdown of trust between the NYPD and the area Muslim community, the trust deficit grew even deeper when a series of ongoing articles from the…Continue readingQuoted: Patheos: ‘Mapping Muslims’ – New Report Reveals Devestating Effects NYPD Surveillance has on Muslim Community

Hussein Rashid on the High Price of Islamophobia | Odyssey Networks. Islamophobia is alive in America, and Hussein Rashid sees it playing out among Sikhs, often mistaken for Muslims. In the most recent example, a member of her own party mistook a Californian GOP candidate, who is Sikh, for being a Muslim.…Continue readingHussein Rashid on the High Price of Islamophobia | Odyssey Networks

Broadcast Series Explores ‘Religious Liberty’ | www.gcnews.com | Garden City News. Joining Dr. Scott for this look at humanity’s pursuit of religious liberty in America and around the world, are guests: Dr. Hussein Rashid, Associate Editor, Religious Dispatches; The Reverend Lynn Sullivan, Associate Minister, Garden City Community Church; Dr. Richard…Continue readingBroadcast Series Explores ‘Religious Liberty’ | www.gcnews.com | Garden City News

Debate Watch 2012: The God-fearing voter : Long Island Report. Interviews with Hofstra Hillel Rabbi Dave Siegel, the Catholic campus chaplain Father Gregory Rannazzisi, and professor of religion Hussein Rashid shed light on how religion affects the issues and how it will influence the conversation between candidates and voters.  

Got a shout on this blog about my work on American Muslim musics. John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” – meccastars. Other scholars, such as Dr. Hussein Rashid of Hofstra University, also have studied the effects that Islam has had on Blues, Jazz, and other forms of American music.

“A right for one is a right for another and a responsibility for all.” | blog.pfaw.org. In 1988, as Founding Chairman of People For the American Way, Norman Lear was among the cosigners of the Williamsburg Charter, “written and published expressly to address the dilemmas, challenges, and opportunities posed by…Continue reading“A right for one is a right for another and a responsibility for all.” | blog.pfaw.org