--- title: Rasheed Ahmed | TIME description: Rasheed Ahmed is the executive director of the Indian American Muslim Council. He’s written for Salon, the Chicago Sun Times, Truthout, The Defense Post, and other publications. canonical: https://time.com/author/rasheed-ahmed/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/rasheed-ahmed/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Rasheed Ahmed ## Rasheed Ahmed Rasheed Ahmed is the executive director of the Indian American Muslim Council. He’s written for[ Salon](https://www.salon.com/2024/05/12/indias-hindu-nationalist-regime-is-a-to-muslims--and-news-for-the-us/),[ the Chicago Sun Times](https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/1/23978677/india-hindu-nationalism-ideology-narendra-modi-american-problem-rasheed-ahmed),[ Truthout](https://truthout.org/articles/free-speech-absolutist-musk-is-abetting-modis-suppression-of-voices-in-india/),[ The Defense Post](https://www.thedefensepost.com/2024/03/20/congress-india-drone-sale/), and other publications. ## Rasheed Ahmed *  Sep 18, 2024 ### [How Indian Americans Should Treat Modi's New York Rally](https://time.com/7022080/india-modi-new-york-rally/) Everyday Americans and U.S. officials should use his Sept. 22 New York rally as a chance to speak ou... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 29, 2024 ### [How India's Opposition Can Stand Up for Rohingya](https://time.com/6993595/india-opposition-rohingya-muslim-refugees/) Fortunately, India’s progressive opposition is at last in a position to demand an end to the persecu... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/rasheed-ahmed/","name":"Rasheed Ahmed"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/rasheed-ahmed/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/rasheed-ahmed/"},"name":"Rasheed Ahmed","jobTitle":null,"description":"Rasheed Ahmed is the executive director of the Indian American Muslim Council. He’s written for Salon, the Chicago Sun Times, Truthout, The Defense Post, and other publications.","url":"https://time.com/author/rasheed-ahmed/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```