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Annual McGinley Lecture to Address Life After Death

Annual McGinley Lecture to Address Life After Death.

Patrick J Ryan, S.J., the Lawrence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society, will deliver the annual fall McGinley lecture, “Life After Death, Hopes and Fears for Jews, Christians and Muslims.” 

Father Ryan, who has dedicated his work to facilitating a trialogue between the three Abrahamic religions, will deliver the lecture twice:

Tuesday, Nov. 13 
6 p.m.
12th-floor Lounge Lowenstein Center, Lincoln Center Campus 

And again on 

Wednesday, Nov. 14
6 p.m.
Flom Auditorium William D. Walsh Family Library, Rose Hill Campus

Joining Father Ryan on both nights will be respondents Claudia Setzer, Ph.D., professor of religious studies at Manhattan College, and Hussein Rashid, Ph.D., adjunct assistant professor of religion at Hofstra University.

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The Truth About American Muslims

Video of the press conference releasing the document, What is the Truth About American Muslims, is now available.

 

 

Groups produce guide on U.S. Muslims | First Amendment Center – news, commentary, analysis on free speech, press, religion, assembly, petition

Groups produce guide on U.S. Muslims | First Amendment Center – news, commentary, analysis on free speech, press, religion, assembly, petition.

The new document, What is the Truth about American Muslims? Questions and Answers, is an attempt by the organizations to provide accurate information and delve into the law of religious freedom, the history of American Muslims in the United States, and misunderstood terms and practices, including Shariah. 

Hussein Rashid, Hofstra University adjunct professor and Religion Dispatches associate editor, and Rev. Richard Cizik, president of the New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good, will join Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, president of Interfaith Alliance, and Charles C. Haynes, director of the Religious Freedom Education Project, to discuss the guide and the state of religious freedom in the United States.

Event: My Generation: Muslim Millennials on the Future of Islam

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 Association of New York

Nadia Roumani, director, American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute

Event: Aug. 10-12, 2012 -People of the [Comic] Book at Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center (800) 398-2630

I won't be there in person, but expect to be Skyping in and submitting pre-recorded comments.
People of the [Comic] Book at Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center (800) 398-2630.

WHAM! BAM! DISHOOM! 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 societ

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Event: July 16, Washington, DC: All-American Book Event

FREE culture show featuring amazing D.C. artists celebrating the release of the anthology "All American: 45 Men on Being Muslim" and Willow Wilson's novel "Alif"

THE LINEUP

- Stand up Comedy by Preacher Moss

- Musical Stylings of Michelle Struck

- A Conversation with novelist Willow Wilson and Wajahat Ali

- Comedy by Raad Mismaar

- Poetry by Samer Badawi

- An original song by Shahed Amanullah (yes, we're not kidding)

- An original poem by Ibrahim Abdul Matin

- "Ask a Muslim Dude" panel featuring contributors from the anthology "All-American: 45 Men on Being Muslim"

Book signings after the performance!

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Video: SMU Talk on Muslim Contributions to American Music

Unfortunately, I can't embed the video, so you'll just have to follow the link.

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NJ Speaking Event: Beyond Dialogue

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

Speaking Event: UT Arlington Islamic Art and Culture Forum focuses on American music

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.”

NY Area Event: Shaykha Fest

Very pleased to see this event:

ShaykhaFest: Celebrating Female Scholarship in Islam

Sunday, June 23 in NJ.

ShaykhaFest_Flyer.pdf

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