…a brighter future. Though the exact numbers remain murky, at least 12,000 civilian women and children have been killed since the conflict began nearly three years ago. This number may…
KARAMAH Submits Testimony on Syrian Refugee Crisis Read More »
…contained a substantial number and quite a diverse group of participants who came together from all over the United States. The participants, who are grass root community leaders and Islamic…
FINAL REPORT OF THE FIRST AMERICAN MUSLIM WOMEN LEADERSHIP SUMMIT Read More »
…Project’s bipartisan, blue-ribbon Task Force on Detainee Treatment found after two years examining the public record and conducting over 100 interviews, both in the United States and abroad: the United…
Committee Report Details Extensive Torture, Inhumane Treatment Read More »
On March 1st, KARAMAH hosted a panel discussion at the United Nations Church Center to coincide with the 56th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the…
KARAMAH Holds Parallel Session at the United Nation’s 56th CSW Read More »
…risks discriminating against the world’s roughly 800 million Muslim women who may observe a headscarf—further alienating them from basketball. Likewise, it risks discriminating against women from Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Sabien,…
KARAMAH’s Letter to FIBA to Allow Muslim Women Basketball Players to Wear Headscarf Read More »
By: Azizah al-Hibri, Esq. “Capital punishment is imposed in the United States for a limited number of reasons, such as treason and murder. Recently, all executions have been related to…
Capital Punishment in the United States: An Islamic Perspective Read More »
On July 5, 2015, the New York Times published a heart wrenching article, by Thomas Fuller and Chris Buckley, recounting the story of a Rohingya refugee family’s perilous journey from…
Would You Celebrate your Birthday with a Refugee Family? Read More »
KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights is deeply concerned with yesterday’s revised Executive Order Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States. This revised ban claims…
KARAMAH Responds to New Executive Order on Refugees and Immigrants Read More »
In October 2010, presented a briefing on the new CEDAW Concept Paper at the United Nations. The briefing addressed issues related to the rights of Muslim women and Islamic law…
KARAMAH Presents a Briefing on New CEDAW Concept Paper at the United Nations Read More »
…of access to sacred spaces particularly the mosque, domestic violence and the growing number of women dropping out from the university where women wearing scarfs are denied to pursue their…
KARAMAH Hosts Women Leaders from Sri Lanka and the Maldives Read More »
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