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 Twitter at @Islamoyankee
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, 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 Society for the organization’s Creative Voices of Muslim Asia project. Before this outstanding event, David Weinstein had the chance to sit down with the two artists, as well as professor and journalist Hussein Rashid, Aristic Director of Caravanserai Zeyba Rahman and Asia Society’s Director of Performing Arts and Programs Rachel Cooper, to listen to and discuss the myriad of voices Jugni brings to life within Punjabi folk music.
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 Society for the organization's Creative Voices of Muslim Asia project. Before this outstanding event, David Weinstein had the chance to sit down with the two artists, as well as professor and journalist Hussein Rashid, Aristic Director of Caravanserai Zeyba Rahman and Asia Society's Director of Performing Arts and Programs Rachel Cooper, to listen to and discuss the myriad of voices Jugni brings to life within Punjabi folk music.
I did two interviews for Odyssey Network’s Faith in Perspective. One on Muslims in America and one on Muslim Misperceptions. Both are embedded below.
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 Music. This was the title of his lecture at my law school alma mater, Southern Methodist University.
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 my faith in either God or country. The NYPD may not believe in the constitution, the bill of rights, or civil liberties, but that doesn’t mean they are right.
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] up Sharia.” Rick Santorum also expressed his thoughts on Islam, saying that the concept of equality “doesn’t come from Islam” or “Eastern Religions.” Instead, he said, “it comes from the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
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
Muslims Skip NYC Mayor’s Event To Protest Spying – From the Wires – Salon.com
AFP: Muslims boycott NY mayor event over alleged spying
Muslim Academic Wears “I’m Not A Terrorist” To Bloomberg’s Interfaith Breakfast: Gothamist
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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