Media Appearances
Hussein Quoted on Fox411 on Free Speech
From Fox411 (they will hopefully fix the affiliation):
Hussein Rashid, religion professor and religion dispatches associate editor at Hofstra University, said he is concerned that self-censorship will lead to a shutdown of the dialogue that must continue if people can be brought to understand the true meaning of Islam.
“I don’t think it is ever smart to self-censor,” Rashid told Fox411.com. “I am a big believer that the response to speech should always be more speech. I think this ‘South Park’ episode has been good for that conversation.”
Quoted about Revolution Muslim and South Park
My piece on Religion Dispatches on South Park and Revolution Muslim has been quoted in several other outlets:
The Guardian: No freak-out over South Park by Zahed Amanullah
Tikkun Daily: Beavis and Butt-Head declare holy war against “South Park” by Svend White
Beliefnet: South Park, Muhammad, Jesus, and the Media by Diana Butler Bass
Politics Daily: ‘South Park’ Bleeped Over Muhammad Episode by David Gibson
Quoted: Cleveland Plain Dealer on Taqwacore
Quoted may be too generous as it seems to be an uncredited reference to an article on Religion Dispatches.
Cleveland International Film Festival: Locally filmed ‘Taqwacores’ explores Muslim youth rebellion
Many Muslims found the book’s depictions — of drinking, sex, drugs and young people who challenge the religion’s teachings — inflammatory, according to Hussein Rashid, associate editor of the blog Religion Dispatches.
Mention: Change.org
Mentioned in an article on Change.org about a response to racial profiling.
Interview: Good Day NY – Racial Profiling
I was recently interviewed by Good Day NY on Fox TV concerning a State Assemblyman’s bill to profile Muslims. The short version of the interview is below, the full segments below the fold.
Quoted: Jewish Week on the Weekend of Twinning
Article is here.
Responding to those questions in an interview, Hussein Rashid, one of the event’s co-leaders and a visiting professor of religious studies at Hofstra University, called Geyer’s question “refreshing” and said he wasn’t alone in expressing those thoughts. Rashid said that Muslim scholars have begun to respond to violence against Muslim themselves – the overwhelming majority of terror victims – as well as to violence against non-Muslims.
Terrorism committed by Islamic extremists is “painful for me because my religion is being portrayed in this way,” said Rashid, who grew up in Rego Park. It’s also painful “because the ideal of America, as a community of different people, is being ruptured by people who don’t know what that ideal means.”
Mention: WaPo On Faith
Eboo Patel mentions my work:
I said two prayers when I saw the initial reports: the first for the dead and suffering, the second about the shooter, praying that he wasn’t Muslim. A whole lot of Muslims know how I feel, just check out the blog posts by people like Hussein Rashid, Wajahat Ali, Daisy Khan and a host of others on this.
Quoted: WSJ on Eid Holidays in New York Schools
Recent Wall Street Journal article quotes me arguing against recognizing Eid holidays in NY’s schools. My original thoughts from Religion Dispatches are here.