Allah Akbar, i musulmani newyorkesi e le parole rubate – Repubblica Tv – la Repubblica.it
Allah Akbar, i musulmani newyorkesi e le parole rubate – Repubblica Tv – la Repubblica.it. A una settimana esatta dall’attentato di Tribeca un viaggio tra i discorsi e i volti dell’Islam di New York. C’è la sensazione di essere stati defraudati delle due parole considerate in assoluto più preziose: Allah Akbar. Hussein Rashid, è un professore di religione della Columbia University. Mehmet Özalp, imam in Turchia è volontario presso una moschea di Brooklyn. Yousra Alshanqiti, giovane avvocatessa in Arabia Saudita è una dottoranda in diritto dell’immigrazione qui negli Stati Uniti. Hussein e Abdullah, sono due venditori ambulanti originari rispettivamente del…
A Qawwalified Home: Spirituality, Resistance, and American Muslims – Williams College
A Qawwalified Home: Spirituality, Resistance, and American Muslims – Williams College. Bruce Springsteen makes Pakistani music? Despite the long presence of Muslims in America, Islamophobia is on the rise. Like many other communities, Muslims turn to their faith to help craft a response, and the results enrich American culture. Come here how qawwali, a Muslim devotional music from South Asia, is now an American music.
How New York’s Muslims Are Responding To Manhattan Truck Attack : NPR
How New York’s Muslims Are Responding To Manhattan Truck Attack : NPR. NPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks to Hussein Rashid, a professor in the religion department at Columbia University and a native New Yorker, about how the Muslim community in New York is reacting to Tuesday’s terrorist attack.
Cold stones – The Immanent Frame
Cold stones – The Immanent Frame. When I first received the invitation to contribute to “Is This All There Is,” I thought immediately of the great speculative fiction author Douglas Adams. The question called to mind the title of his novel So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish. An open question about endings demanded an equally amorphous valediction. My goal was to write a series of seemingly unconnected vignettes, which would ultimately connect to a point and work in the number “42.” Inspired by recent resignation letters from the executive branch of the US government, which used the initial letters…
Speaking Event: al-Ghazali Lecture: The Uncanny Muslim: Real and Imagined in America
The al-Ghazali Lecture 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.
Panel: Islam and Comics, Boston, Oct. 21
Comics and Islam 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Saturday, October 21, 2017 Muslim identity and practices are featured more comics than ever, from mainstream titles like Ms. Marvelto independent graphic memoirs. This panel takes stock of this important growing field — including the brand-new book Muslim Superheroes: Comics, Islam, and Representation — and presents the perspectives of both academics and creators. Hussein Rashid – Religion Professor, Barnard College; Contributor, Muslim SuperheroesA. David Lewis – Faculty Associate, MCPHS; Co-Editor, Muslim SuperheroesSara Alfageeh – Illustrator, Co-Director, BOY/BYE series MIPSTERZ project
Hussein Rashid Archives – PEN America
Hussein Rashid Archives – PEN America. In America, people are always finding ways to try to silence things they don’t understand. Right now, it’s religion; before, it was race.
I’m on a NY Comic Con Panel!
Writing God(s): The Creation of Modern Mythologies and Post-Modern Theologies in Comics – Event Search (For Guest Page) – New York Comic Con – October 5 – 8, 2017 – Javits Center. Superheroes are Gods. We read stories of their glory and revel. We bear witness to their losses and mourn. We viciously defend the sanctity of their character against any who would misrepresent them. We attend gatherings with the fellow devoted. We pore over every word that has been written about them so that we may preserve an accurate account of our shared history. We look to their examples…
Hijacking Jihad: Reclaiming Islam’s ‘Personal Struggle’
Hijacking Jihad: Reclaiming Islam’s ‘Personal Struggle’. Over the last two decades, the term “Jihad” has exclusively been defined as a holy war perpetrated by extremists. As such, when the average American hears the term “Jihad,” they conflate Islam with terror. Although the term has been hijacked by extremists, many Muslims in the US and around world don’t recognize Jihad’s contemporary application. For these Muslims, the term, which literally translates to “struggle,” is a personal struggle, or a mission. For example, someone’s “Jihad” could be giving up smoking or to strive to be a better neighbor, friend, husband, or wife.