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Media Appearances

As Ismailis, We Should all Care about Climate Change. | IsmailisRiseUp

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As Ismailis, We Should all Care about Climate Change. | IsmailisRiseUp. Our generation is faced with a daunting task: stop climate change. But how? Dr. Rashid, who has witnessed his home city of New York transition from a sub-temperate to a sub-tropical climate in his lifetime, explains that it is…Continue readingAs Ismailis, We Should all Care about Climate Change. | IsmailisRiseUp

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Ms. Marvel’s America: Looking toward a superhero in challenging times | Goshen College

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Ms. Marvel’s America: Looking toward a superhero in challenging times | Goshen College. “Superheroes, of course, can’t swoop in and save us in times of crisis. But they can demonstrate ways for us to help each other with the tools we do have at hand,” says Goshen College Professor of…Continue readingMs. Marvel’s America: Looking toward a superhero in challenging times | Goshen College

Inter-faith Media Appearances Religion

Do We Still Need Faith in the 21st Century? – Video

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Belief without evidence, that’s faith. It’s the cornerstone of religion. For many, it is a centering force that’s essential for navigating life’s mysteries and challenges. But for others, ever-increasing access to information, science, advanced technology has meant a loss of faith, or at least a reckoning with what it means.…Continue readingDo We Still Need Faith in the 21st Century? – Video

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Sounds of Faith concert at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History

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This week we feature selections from the December 8, 2019 Sounds of Faith concert at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. According to Dr. Hussein Rashid a religious literacy expert and cultural competency consultant who teaches at the New School in New York,  if you don’t appreciate the religious…Continue readingSounds of Faith concert at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History

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Scholars of religion and biblical literature object to having conference badges coded and scanned

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Scholars of religion and biblical literature object to having conference badges coded and scanned. Hussein Rashid, independent scholar of religion, also tweeted that he’d seen nothing in his conference registration documents to suggest QR codes were a possibility. The society was therefore retroactively changing its terms of attendance, he said,…Continue readingScholars of religion and biblical literature object to having conference badges coded and scanned

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NYCC ‘19: Wilson, Shammas, Alfageeh & Henderson on Orientalism in comics & the White, Western gaze – The Beat

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NYCC ‘19: Wilson, Shammas, Alfageeh & Henderson on Orientalism in comics & the White, Western gaze – The Beat. Rashid began proceedings by citing theorist Edward Said and describing Orientalism as “a Western style for dominating, restructuring, and having authority over the Orient.” The othering that Orientalism does to Asian…Continue readingNYCC ‘19: Wilson, Shammas, Alfageeh & Henderson on Orientalism in comics & the White, Western gaze – The Beat