Category: Events

This looks to be an amazing event. My Generation: Muslim Millennials on the Future of Islam. Muslim millennials are often depicted either as radicalized promoters of Islamic global dominion or champions of democracy. But what do these two competing images tell us about the roughly 450 million young Muslims in the world today? And what, if anything, about the future of Islam? Reza Aslan, author, No God but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam and Beyond Fundamentalism: Confronting Religious Extremism in the Age of Globalization Musa Syeed, screenwriter and director, Valley of Saints and A Son’s Sacrifice Khalid Latif, chaplain, New York University Linda Sarsour, director, Arab American…

MUSLIMS AND AMERICANESS IN GRAPHIC NOVELS Hussein will trace the religious imagery embedded in American graphic novels and how this coded language served to normalize religious minorities in American consciousness. There will be a discussion of vectors of Muslim involvement in graphic novels and how they are building on these traditions to integrate into American society.

I’ll be speaking on Sunday, June 3, 2012 in New Jersey on multiple narratives. The event will be from 2-5PM.

UT Arlington Islamic Art and Culture Forum focuses on American music | Cision Wire. The bebop and cool jazz of American music will be explored when The University of Texas at Arlington’s College of Liberal Arts and School of Architecture welcome back Hussein Rashid, adjunct professor of religion at Hofstra University, to the campus next week for the discussion, “Everyday Art: Islamic Contribution to American Music.”

Unfortunately, the full details are not yet up on the CMOM website, but the PDF below has the details. Arts of Muslim Lands Flyer

islamic-art-culture – News Center – UT Arlington. “Dr. Rashid is able to reach experts and novices alike and sustain their interest,” said Melia Belli, assistant professor of Asian art history in the UT Arlington Department of Art & Art History. “His work is important for many reasons. For one thing, due to the misrepresentation of Islam in the American media and entertainment, most Americans have a very misinformed, negative view of the faith. He reminds us that the Muslim representation in the U.S. is significant and contributes much.”