APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN FOR 2020
Virtual Law & Leadership Summer Program 2020
Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, this year's program is virtual and will allow both Muslim women and Muslim men to participate. The Virtual Law & Leadership Program ("VLLP") will be based on KARAMAH’s Law and Leadership Summer Program ("LLSP") which is only for Muslim Women. VLLP will provide participants with the fundamental understanding and essential skills needed to lead themselves, their peers, and the movements they are passionate about from a gender-equitable perspective. Learn More >>
Without knowledge action is useless, and knowledge without action is futile.
Research is the core of KARAMAH’s work, and serves as the bridge between thought and action in the struggle for justice. KARAMAH’s authentic, yet innovative research in Islamic jurisprudence is the source of the knowledge base essential to the promotion of the rights of Muslim women, and human rights for all, in an Islamic context.
KARAMAH's Jurist Network – a network of over 400 scholars from around the world who contribute scholarly works on a variety of topics to our scholarship database, is vital to the success of many of KARAMAH’s endeavors.
Our Programs
KARAMAH has worked to develop intensive and innovative educational programs that provide Muslim women with the tools and skills they need to become dynamic leaders in their communities. After graduating from KARAMAH’s programs, alumnae have returned to their communities to serve as leaders, to share their knowledge, and to work for positive change in their communities. Through their efforts, and with ongoing support from KARAMAH, our impact is felt by hundreds more women around the world.
"O ye who believe!
Stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses
To God, even as against
Yourselves, or your parents,
Or your kin, and whether
It be (against) rich or poor:
For God can best protect both.
Follow not the lusts (of your hearts),
Lest you swerve,
And if you distort (justice)
Or decline to do justice,
Verily God is well-acquainted
With all that you do."
Al-Qur’an (4:135)
Statement of KARAMAH Board Member, Raheemah Abdulaleem on May 29, 2020
"Today, at Jummah prayers across this country, Imams must speak about the state of affairs in this country. Our religion compels us to reject injustice, racism, and anti-Blackness."