Do Muslims Have to Be Democrats Now? – The New York Times

9/11 A Decade Later: Interfaith Coalition To Encourage Religious Tolerance On September 11th “Although Prepare New York is an interfaith coalition, the work we are doing is for the city, is for the country,” says Dr. Hussein Rashid of the Quest Center for Spiritual Inquiry. “So we want to do is reach people where they feel comfortable, not where we feel comfortable.”

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 and Arab cultures, he continued, is “a tool of colonization, a means of convincing people that some people are less worthy of their humanity.” The panellists nodded along, taking this definition as their starting point for discussion.  In turn, each panelist presented some examples of where we see Orientalism in…

Exploring the Intersection of Faith and Environmental Justice with Theologian Hussein Rashid – Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity (AC4). Theologian Hussein Rashid discusses the challenges and possibilities he sees in environmental justice work today.