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Ramadan 2012: A HuffPost Community Observation Of The Islamic Month Of Fasting (LIVEBLOG)

Ramadan 2012: A HuffPost Community Observation Of The Islamic Month Of Fasting (LIVEBLOG). HuffPost Religion community member Hussein Rashid is tweeting the Qur’an during Ramadan using the hashtag #ttQuran. This beautiful verse about the Virgin Mary shows some of the commonality between Christianity and Islam. You can follow Hussein on Twitter at @Islamoyankee

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Guest on The Takeaway: Anti-Muslim Rhetoric in the 2012 Primary – The Takeaway

Anti-Muslim Rhetoric in the 2012 Primary – The Takeaway. While political mud-slinging is de riguer in primary races, 2012 has brought several not-so-thinly-veiled anti-Muslim soundbytes from its frontrunning candidates. Last week, Newt Gingrich said that he would not support a Muslim president unless they would “commit in public to giv[ing] up Sharia.” Rick Santorum also expressed his thoughts on Islam, saying that the concept of equality “doesn’t come from Islam” or “Eastern Religions.” Instead, he said, “it comes from the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

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Quoted on NYPD Spying

My original piece at Religion Dispatches: Muslim Boycott of Bloomberg’s Interfaith Breakfast | Religion Dispatches ‘I AM NOT A TERRORIST’ shirt at Bloomberg event (via @capitalnewyork) – YouTube Muslims Skip NYC Mayor’s Event to Protest Spying – ABC News Bloomberg Avoids Surveillance Controversy at Interfaith Event – WNYC At Mayor’s Interfaith Breakfast, Some Muslim No-Shows – NYTimes.com Interfaith Breakfast Boycott Protests NYPD’s Alleged Surveillance Of Local Muslims – NY1.com ‘I’m not a terrorist’: One man quietly protests NYPD at Bloomberg’s breakfast | Capital New York Kelly on his department’s relationship with Muslims; a Muslim professor on his protest T-shirt | Capital New York Muslims Skip NYC Mayor’s Event To Protest Spying – From the Wires – Salon.com Espionnage à New York : des musulmans boycottent un déjeuner avec le maire | International | Radio-Canada.ca AFP: Muslims boycott NY mayor event over alleged spying Muslim Academic Wears “I’m Not A Terrorist” To Bloomberg’s Interfaith Breakfast: Gothamist Interfaith Breakfast: Controversy with Your Coffee?

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The Transcript of the 1-Hour Audio Seminar « The Future of Islam In the Age of New Media

The Transcript of the 1-Hour Audio Seminar « The Future of Islam In the Age of New Media. The following is the unedited and far from perfect transcript of The Future of Islam In the Age of New Media, the audio seminar this project is based on. It still needs some polishing, but for now, here it is.  A huge special thank you to Janelle Dumalaon for putting it together, and also to Aysha Khan for contributing. You may use the transcript partially or in its entirety provided you link back to this page or mention this project. Thank you.…

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Quoted: Jewish Week on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11

For Muslim Americans, A Decade Of Increasing Outreach | The Jewish Week. At the same time, Muslim Americans “are moving away from a single issue — what’s good for the Muslims — to what’s good for the communities in which they live,” said Hussein Rashid, an adjunct professor of religion at Hofstra University.  They’ve become more and more involved in issues that affect the entire community, such as education, health, law enforcement and sanitation, said Rashid. Those, in turn, have led to greater contact and, in some cases, more friendships between Muslim Americans and others.

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