Uncommontary

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Attorney Qasim Rashid joins host Marty Duren to discuss Islam, whether Sharia Law is a threat to Americans, and extremism.

Qasim Rashid is a best-selling  and critically acclaimed author, practicing attorney, former visiting fellow at Harvard University’s Prince AlWaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies program, and Executive Director of AMI APS, a human rights NGO dedicated to advancing international peace and security. Rashid’s latest book Talk To Me: Changing the Narrative on Race, Religion, & Education launched in 2016. #TalkToMe is a non-fiction memoir on how the power of dialogue can overcome racism, xenophobia, intolerance, and violence. Previously, Qasim published EXTREMIST: A Response to Geert Wilders & Terrorists Everywhere (2014), which became an Amazon #1 Best Seller on Islam.

His first solo-authored work is the critically acclaimed book, The Wrong Kind of Muslim: An Untold Story of Persecution & Perseverance (2013). In addition, Qasim has contributed to Towards a Greater Jihad: Using the Pen in Islam’s Defense (2008) and By the Dawn’s Early Light: Short Stories by American Converts to Islam (2009). Qasim regularly publishes in outlets such as TIME, The Independent, and Washington Post. His work has appeared in USA Today, The Daily Beast, National Public Radio, Virginia Pilot, among various other national and international outlets.

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On this inaugural edition of Uncommontary, Princeton historian and Twitter’s Historian in Residence, Kevin Kruse, talks about race and politics in the South and his new book Fault Lines, co-authored with Julian Zelizer.

Kevin Kruse is a professor of history at Princeton University. He studies the political, social, and urban/suburban history of 20th-century America. Focused on conflicts over race, rights, and religion, he has particular interests in segregation and the civil rights movement, the rise of religious nationalism and the making of modern conservatism.

Kruse is the author of White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism (2005), One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America (2015), and Fault Lines: A History of America Since 1974 (with Julian Zelizer, 2019). He has also edited three collections and is currently working on The Division: John Doar, the Justice Department, and the Civil Rights Movement.

Follow Kevin Kruse (@kevinmkruse), Julian Zelizer (@julianzelizer ), Marty Duren (@martyduren), and Uncommontary Podcast (@UncommontaryPod).

On this inaugural edition of Uncommontary, Princeton historian and Twitter's Historian in Residence, Kevin Kruse, talks about race and politics in the South and his new book Fault Lines, co-authored with Julian Zelizer.

Welcome to Uncommontary! Conversations. Clarity. This trailer features the Season 1 lineup and clips from episodes 1–3.

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Here’s the Season 1 lineup:Episode 1–Kevin Kruse, Princeton University and Twitter’s Historian-in-Residence. Twitter: @KevinMKruseEpisode 2–Qasim Rashid, attorney/author/Islamic teacher: @MuslimIQEpisode 3–Karen Swallow Prior, professor of English/author: @KSPriorEpisode 4–David French, Senior Writer, National Review: @DavidAFrenchEpisode 5-Kaitlin Curtice, Native American author/poet, @KaitlinCurticeEpisode 6–Thabiti Anyabwile, pastor/theologian, @thabitianyabwilEpisode 7–Scott Hechinger, Brooklyn public defender, @ScottHechEpisode 8–Bruce Ashford, public theologian/Provost SEBTS, @bruceashfordEpisode 9–Sarah Smith, journalist, Houston Chronicle, @sarahesmith23Episode 10–Todd Adkins, leadership development guru, @ToddAdkins

Welcome to Uncommontary! Conversations. Clarity. This trailer features the Season 1 lineup and clips from episodes 1–3.