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Hussein Rashid

Hussein Rashid is an author at Religion News Service.

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Travel ban decision follows the Supremes’ record of racial classification
By Hussein Rashid — June 27, 2018
(RNS) — The high court’s ruling Tuesday is not surprising. When it comes to welcoming people to America, the court almost never acts for the rights promised in the U.S. Constitution without first denying them.

Islam scholar Bernard Lewis’ legacy of disdain for Muslims
By Hussein Rashid — May 29, 2018
(RNS) — Lewis understood Muslims as violent by nature, irrational, abusive toward women, lacking in culture. He could not conceive of Muslims in the context of modernity.

Trump supporters think my life is worth less than theirs
By Hussein Rashid — November 17, 2016
(RNS) People may not have had racist intent in their voting, but the result is racist.

Muslims love New York, too
By Hussein Rashid — September 19, 2016
(RNS) Muslims have to show we are not perpetrators and we can never talk about how we are victims.

Why was Muhammad Ali the greatest? He had a clear moral vision
By Hussein Rashid — June 4, 2016
(RNS) His religious identity was new to the American public, but he did with it what many believers have done -- offered a voice of moral clarity and urgency to the issues of the day.

An American Muslim’s prayer: Forget love, let’s just be civil (COMMENTARY)
By Hussein Rashid — January 29, 2016
(RNS) As an American Muslim, I want people to stop hating me, but I am not looking for someone to love me.

Why the Charlie Hebdo attack is not about images or free speech (COMMENTARY)
By Hussein Rashid — January 8, 2015
(RNS) to view the assault as simply about images of Muhammad is to accept a long-standing narrative about Muslim sensitivity to portrayals of Muhammad, which plays into conceptions of Muslims as superstitious savages.

‘Serial’ whodunit shows how perceptions of Muslims have changed (COMMENTARY)
By Hussein Rashid — December 3, 2014
(RNS) At one point in our history, a prosecutor could argue that an outwardly observant Muslim was unlikely to kill someone. Changing political realities have altered that logic.

Why the post-racial label only perpetuates racism (COMMENTARY)
By Hussein Rashid — November 25, 2014
(RNS) Racism is not about racists. It is about power that is directed against marginalized groups to keep them marginalized.

Why Peter Kassig was the Islamic State’s greatest threat (COMMENTARY)
By Hussein Rashid — November 17, 2014
(RNS) Peter Kassig, also known as Abdul-Rahman Kassig, showed that Muslims and non-Muslims are more invested in the care of Muslims than the Islamic State.

The delicate politics of school holidays (COMMENTARY)
By Hussein Rashid — November 14, 2014
(RNS) Inclusion on the school calendar is an important symbol of belonging. Muslims want to be part of that narrative as well.
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