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Hussein Rashid

Hussein Rashid is a contingent faculty member of Religion at Barnard College and a Fellow at Truman National Security Project.

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From Demonization to Objectification: Killing the Burqa

The hijab has gone from symbol to object, and the people associated with it are that object. Alex W. attacked and killed a piece of cloth.
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Bloomberg is Right to Say No to Muslim School Holidays

Though it sounds good just on its face, NYC Mayor Bloomberg has made the right decision by threatening to veto the proposal to add two Muslim holidays to the school calendar. And no, it’s not a pander to Jewish voters.
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Updated: Response to the New York Times on Islam

In a recent Times Op-Ed neoconservative Edward Luttwak labeled Barack Obama “an apostate from Islam,” and that “would cause… complications in our dealings with the Islamic world,”
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