Media Appearances
Hussein City & State – Nonprofits confront fear in their communities
City & State – Nonprofits confront fear in their communities.
“I have always believed that the fastest way to get gun control legislation passed in this country is to mass mobilize the American Muslim community to start getting firearms,” said Hussein Rashid, a lecturer on Islamic and American culture, as part of the panel.
Trump’s Muslim Ban and the History of Stolen Citizenship in America | Religion Dispatches
Trump’s Muslim Ban and the History of Stolen Citizenship in America | Religion Dispatches.
As historians of South Asian America, we know that having your citizenship stripped because of the color of your skin is not unusual in our history. The United States has a long history of racism being encoded into law, and manifesting in law, on a regular basis. The story of internment of Americans of Japanese descent is perhaps the one that is most recent in our collective memory, partly because of George Takei’s tireless work to keep those stories alive.
A Children’s Museum ‘Surprise Blockbuster’: A Show on Islam – The New York Times
A Children’s Museum ‘Surprise Blockbuster’: A Show on Islam – The New York Times.
“Would I love to get more people to this exhibit and get them to understand that Muslims are human beings with desires and passions and artistic creativity in ways that maybe they haven’t thought about before? Absolutely,” Mr. Rashid said.
A top White House aide was asked if Trump thought Islam was a religion. He refused to answer. – Vox
A top White House aide was asked if Trump thought Islam was a religion. He refused to answer. – Vox.
Questioning whether Islam is a religion is not, in and of itself, a new idea. Dr. Hussein Rashid, a professor of religion at Barnard College, told me that it was a dynamic that began in Europe and has a “centuries-long pedigree.” “We are seeing a particularly American manifestation of it now,” he added. He continued, “This administration is playing into all of these themes very clearly: They are trying to say that Muslims are not human and that they are not American.”
Baldanzi continues love for comics | The Record
Baldanzi continues love for comics | The Record.
Baldanzi is not alone in her research. Dr. Hussein Rashid, professor of religion at Hofstra University, has been co-editing papers alongside Baldanzi and is now teaching at Barnard College. The two are working on a collection of scholarly essays called Ms. Marvel in America.
What Muslims Need from Christians | Sojourners
What Muslims Need from Christians | Sojourners.
Those same voices who engage in this idle worship now hold the reins of power in the U.S. government. And they seek to exterminate Muslims. There are concerns of a Muslim registry and internment camps. More extreme fears consider other types of camps, imagining a return of the Holocaust. These fears are not unfounded, nor are they out of character with what President Trump’s advisers and appointees have said.
Dehumanizing The Humanities – When Social Justice Becomes Injustice (Hussein Rashid) | Political Theology Today
As time went on, I realized how disastrous the job market was for academics in the humanities. Ultimately, I decided to become academia adjacent and focus on my own consultancy. I would teach as an adjunct, but in the earliest incarnation of the term, someone who did the work in addition to a career.
These Muslim store owners shut down their stores to protest Trump order – The Washington Post
These Muslim store owners shut down their stores to protest Trump order – The Washington Post.
“This protest is the first one in a long time that I can recall when so many Muslims gathered to protest something,” said Hussein Rashid, founder of islamicate, a consultancy focusing on religious literacy.