Category: Media Appearances

A tweet feat: Quran goes on Twitter for Ramadan – USATODAY.com. Ramadan, which begins with a sunup-to-sundown fast Monday, calls on the Muslim faithful to immerse themselves in scripture — ideally by reading the entire Quran.   In 2009, Hussein Rashid, a professor of Islamic Studies at Virginia Theological Seminary,…Continue readingQuoted: USA Today on Tweeting the Qur’an

9/11 A Decade Later: Interfaith Coalition To Encourage Religious Tolerance On September 11th “Although Prepare New York is an interfaith coalition, the work we are doing is for the city, is for the country,” says Dr. Hussein Rashid of the Quest Center for Spiritual Inquiry. “So we want to do…Continue readingMention: NY1 on #PrepareNY

I am pleased to be a featured member of this “seminar.” The Future of Islam In the Age of New Media. Join 60 speakers comprised of Islamic scholars, new media experts, academics, journalists and activists, along with thousands of participants who will be tuning in for an unprecedented conversation, focused…Continue readingThe Future of Islam In the Age of New Media

Divine dispatches: a religion roundup Over at Religion Dispatches Hussein Rashid writes that mosques should have a discussion about LGBT Muslims in their congregations, saying that the “next great challenge will be how do we deal with Muslims who are out.”

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My friend, Rabbi Jason Klein, did a video about our relationship at Columbia for the My Fellow American project.

Hussein Rashid, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, recognizes this sentiment of bin Laden as a larger than life threat among Muslim-American youth — similar to his generation’s experience during the Cold War. “We’re now getting a group of young adults whose first conscious memory was formed by…Continue readingQuoted: ABC News on Bin Laden’s Death

“For Americans, he became the embodiment of the bogeyman for us, that mythical beast that’s a source of fear,” says Hussein Rashid, a Muslim academic from New York who helps to build relations across communities and faiths. “His death is incredibly cathartic and here in New York, there’s a massive…Continue readingQuoted: BBC on Bin Laden’s Death

Islamic traditions influence American architecture, culture, says speaker – Daily Campus – News. Although it seems that Arab presence in America is recent, Dr. Hussein Rashid would argue to the contrary. In his lecture, “Everyday Art: the Islamic Contribution on American Arts,” Rashid argues that America has a long tradition…Continue readingIslamic traditions influence American architecture, culture, says speaker – Daily Campus – News

Major Coalition Formed to Bolster Tolerance and Healing as Tenth Anniversary of… — NEW YORK, March 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ —. “I am exceptionally proud to be a New Yorker,” said Hussein Rashid, Ph.D., a principal instructor at Quest, another of the coalition partners. “After the events of 9/11, we came…Continue readingQuoted: Press Release for Prepare NY