Exploring the Intersection of Faith and Environmental Justice with Theologian Hussein Rashid – Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity (AC4)

Why Peter Kassig was the Islamic State’s greatest threat (COMMENTARY) – Religion News Service. With each bloody act, Islamic State militants demonstrate their need for self-importance overrides any moral, ethical, or religious boundary. Peter Kassig’s beheading is a microcosm of all the Islamic State wants, and religion is not high on that list.

As opposition to Trump grows, Nando’s #EveryoneIsWelcome proves hot business – Times LIVE. Hussein Rashid (‏@islamoyankee) posted to his more than 5‚000 followers: “Wish there was a @NandosUSA in #NYC so I could go where #everyoneiswelcome.” Wish there was a @NandosUSA in #NYC so I could go were #everyoneiswelcome https://t.co/RWhtg3Ndn5 — Hussein Rashid (@islamoyankee) January 30, 2017

Enforced disappearance: Why a whole community is going missing – Home – Herald. Gatherings such as the one at Baitul Huda are common for Ahmadi communities living in various parts of the United States. According to Professor Hussein Rashid of the department of religion at Columbia University, they are more a manifestation of a shared insecurity than of anything else. “Staying together does not tell anything about the community except the fact that they are a minority, and a besieged minority,” he says. “This is often the case with immigrant groups and those who are persecuted in their home countries…