Media Appearances

Guest Post at On Being with Krista Tippett

Hussein September 30, 2010

The good folks at On Being published a guest post by me about my trip to Fes earlier in the summer of 2010.

The difference between the sacred and the profane is much more porous in these contexts. Here, popular does not mean a-religious, and religious does not mean private. No one was forced to believe or practice anything; stores would remain open during prayer time, sisters would walk down the street, one in hijab and the other not. As a result, people lived and expressed their faith at every moment.

The article. The shout out on the podcast.

Listen Up TV Appearance: Being Muslim in America

Hussein September 19, 2010

The show is split into four segments, of which I am embedding the third when I appear. I link to all four segments because it is some of the most comprehensive work on Park51 I have seen so far. Listen Up TV is a news program in Canada that looks at current events through a Christian worldview.

Segment 1, Segment 2, Segment 4

Mention: Austin Statesman

Hussein September 15, 2010

“I think Gov. Paterson is firmly in the percentage of the American population that admits it knows nothing about Islam,” Hussein Rashid, a professor of religion at Hofstra University on Long Island, told CBS.

From “Good Muslims” and Sufism

Bloggingheads.tv : American Muslim

Hussein September 11, 2010

The New York Time is running an excerpt of the conversation.
Andrew Sullivan’s The Daily Dish is also running it.

CNN Appearance: Islamophobia and Remembering 9/11

Hussein September 11, 2010

Preview: Interview on Canada’s ListenUp TV

Hussein September 8, 2010

Quoted: Politics Daily – Good Muslim, Bad Muslim? Gov. Paterson Inserts Foot — Again

Hussein August 28, 2010

Good Muslim, Bad Muslim? Gov. Paterson Inserts Foot — Again.

New York Gov. David Paterson has sought to be a peacemaker in the viral dispute over building an Islamic center near ground zero, suggesting the mosque be moved a few blocks farther away and even offering state land for a new site.
But the hapless Paterson can never seem to escape his penchant for self-inflicted wounds — a habit on display in this week’s report that he may be investigated for perjury in connection with a probe over World Series tickets, and a habit that was reinforced with news of his unfortunate efforts to characterize different types of Muslims.

Quoted: WNYC – Why Muslim Americans Have Been Reluctant to Show Support for Park51

Hussein August 27, 2010

Why Muslim Americans Have Been Reluctant to Show Support for Park51 – WNYC.

According to Hussein Rashid, a professor at Hofstra University and contributor to Religion Dispatches, thinks Muslims have rallied around the constitutional rights of those planning Park 51. But he thinks the Cordoba Initiative has failed to convert that passion into a support for the project itself.

“I still don’t think they’ve done it,” he said. “I think we’re hearing different things — and not wildly different things, but just enough inconsistencies that it keeps raising questions, from the Twitter feed to the FAQ on their website and their TV appearances.”

Interview: CBS2 NY on Gov. Paterson’s remarks on Islam

Hussein August 27, 2010

Paterson: Mosque Developers ‘Hybrid, Almost Westernized’ Muslims: Hofstra Professor Slams Gov, Says He Has No Idea About Islam

But Hussein Rashid, a professor of religion at Hofstra, was stunned by the governor’s remarks.“I think Gov. Paterson is firmly in the percentage of the American population that admits it knows nothing about Islam. His simple statements about Suffis being good Muslims as opposed to whom, people who aren’t Suffis?” Rashin [sic] said.