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My on-line chat with the PrepareNY community about religion and politics is now up on the site. PrepareNY is an interfaith coalition, convened to help NY around the 10th anniversary of 9/11. June 21st Chat with Hussein Rashid – Prepare New York. Hussein is an academic, activist and lecturer. He has an extensive background in theology, interfaith dialogue and political consulting. So we thought he would be the perfect person to talk to about the role of Religion in Politics today!

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