Hussein Rashid is the founder of islamicate, L3C, a consultancy focusing on religious literacy and cultural competency. His work includes exploring theology, the interaction between culture and religion, and the role of the arts in conflict mediation. To share his research on Muslims and American popular culture, he writes and speaks about music, comics, movies and the blogistan. He currently is a fellow with the American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute, and also is working with the Children’s Museum of Manhattan as a content expert for their “America to Zanzibar” exhibit.
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Speaking Event: LUMA Chicago on Muslim-American Art
Everyday Art: The Islamic Impact on American Arts Saturday, May 21, 2011 3:00 p.m. Loyola University Museum of Art 820 North Michigan Avenue Chicago IL 60611 LUC.edu/luma Flyer – Islamic Impact on American Arts.pdf
“On Common Ground”: CIW, faith leaders come together in NYC for “an extraordinary conversation”… – Coalition of Immokalee Workers
“On Common Ground”: CIW, faith leaders come together in NYC for “an extraordinary conversation”… – Coalition of Immokalee Workers. Hussein reflected a bit on human rights as that which we owe one another but “from a faith perspective, human dignity is vouchsafed by the divine, it is something is inherent and promised to us, over which we have no agency except to forget that we have it. And that’s an important way to think through, ‘How do we assure dignity?’” Appreciating the expertise that farmworkers brought to creating the Fair Food Program’s human rights solution and how important it is…
The Institute of Ismaili Studies – North American Alumni Explore Interfaith Dialogue
A write-up of a talk I gave earlier in the summer. (h/t to Ismaili Mail, who beat Google to posting this.) The Institute of Ismaili Studies – North American Alumni Explore Interfaith Dialogue. The following day began with Dr Hussein Rashid (Associate Editor, Religion Dispatches and Adjunct Professor, Hofstra University, USA) exploring the ethical questions raised by interfaith dialogue through an on-stage discussion with Sabrina Bandali.