Category: Media Appearances

Ramadan 2012: A HuffPost Community Observation Of The Islamic Month Of Fasting (LIVEBLOG). HuffPost Religion community member Hussein Rashid is tweeting the Qur’an during Ramadan using the hashtag #ttQuran. This beautiful verse about the Virgin Mary shows some of the commonality between Christianity and Islam. You can follow Hussein on…Continue readingRamadan 2012: A HuffPost Community Observation Of The Islamic Month Of Fasting (LIVEBLOG)

Pakistan: Neo-Sufi and the American Jugni, Part 2 | Clocktower Gallery & Radio | ARTonAIR.org. Part two of Neo-Sufi and the American Jugni focuses on the music of Arooj Aftab and the instrument Arif Lohar always has by his side, the chimta, or “musical fire tongs.”  On April 28th, 2012,…Continue readingPakistan: Neo-Sufi and the American Jugni, Part 2 | Clocktower Gallery & Radio | ARTonAIR.org

Pakistan: Neo-Sufi and the American Jugni, Part 1 | Clocktower Gallery & Radio | ARTonAIR.org. On April 28th, 2012, Pakistani musical icon M. Arif Lohar and Pakistani American musician Arooj Aftab brought their passionate blend of traditional Punjabi music, Sufi spiritual poetry and contemporary rock and pop music to Asia…Continue readingARTonAir: Neo-Sufi and the American Jugni, Part 1

I did two interviews for Odyssey Network’s Faith in Perspective. One on Muslims in America and one on Muslim Misperceptions.
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What Does Islamic Music Have to do With Blues, Jazz, and Surf Rock? More Than You Think. | FrontRow. What do Bruce Springsteen, Mahalia Jackson, and John Coltrane all have in common? Well according to Dr. Hussein Rashid of Hofstra University  each bear witness to the Islamic Contribution to American…Continue readingWhat Does Islamic Music Have to do With Blues, Jazz, and Surf Rock?

American Muslims and the NYPD Trust Deficit. Do you feel comfortable living your life as a Muslim in America?   I do. I am firm enough in my faith and happy enough to be an American that I know what the NYPD is doing is wrong. They will not take…Continue readingQuoted: Patheos: American Muslims and the NYPD Trust Deficit

NYPD Muslim Surveillance Lampooned On Twitter With #myNYPDfile. Others took to Twitter, turning their frustration at the NYPD into humor

Anti-Muslim Rhetoric in the 2012 Primary – The Takeaway. While political mud-slinging is de riguer in primary races, 2012 has brought several not-so-thinly-veiled anti-Muslim soundbytes from its frontrunning candidates. Last week, Newt Gingrich said that he would not support a Muslim president unless they would “commit in public to giv[ing]…Continue readingGuest on The Takeaway: Anti-Muslim Rhetoric in the 2012 Primary – The Takeaway

My original piece at Religion Dispatches: Muslim Boycott of Bloomberg’s Interfaith Breakfast | Religion Dispatches ‘I AM NOT A TERRORIST’ shirt at Bloomberg event (via @capitalnewyork) – YouTube Muslims Skip NYC Mayor’s Event to Protest Spying – ABC News Bloomberg Avoids Surveillance Controversy at Interfaith Event – WNYC At Mayor’s Interfaith Breakfast, Some Muslim No-Shows – NYTimes.com Interfaith Breakfast Boycott Protests NYPD’s Alleged Surveillance Of Local Muslims – NY1.com ‘I’m not a terrorist’: One man quietly protests NYPD at Bloomberg’s breakfast | Capital New York Kelly on his department’s relationship with Muslims; a Muslim professor on his protest T-shirt | Capital New York Muslims Skip NYC Mayor’s Event To Protest Spying – From the Wires – Salon.com Espionnage à New York : des musulmans boycottent un déjeuner avec le maire | International | Radio-Canada.ca AFP: Muslims boycott NY mayor event over alleged spying Muslim Academic Wears “I’m Not A Terrorist” To Bloomberg’s Interfaith Breakfast: Gothamist Interfaith Breakfast: Controversy with Your Coffee?
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The US State Dept. produced a video on the new “Islamic Art” galleries at the Met, and I make a brief appearance.
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