Aziz v. Aziz
…123 (1985) Court: Supreme Court of New York, Special Term, Queens County The court, in favor of the Wife, enforced the terms of a mahr agreement that conformed to New…
…123 (1985) Court: Supreme Court of New York, Special Term, Queens County The court, in favor of the Wife, enforced the terms of a mahr agreement that conformed to New…
…(N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1995) Court: Supreme Court of New York, Kings County The court, in favor of the Husband, found invalid a sadaq that did not satisfy the requirements of…
Habibi-Fahnrich v. Fahnrich اقرأ المزيد »
…6 Misc. 2d 905; 352 N.Y.S.2d 781 (Fam. Ct. 1974) Court: Family Court of New York, New York County Husband and Wife, Egyptian nationals, were married in Egypt in 1971….
Sherif v. Sherif اقرأ المزيد »
…(2006) Court: Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division Husband and Wife were married in New Jersey. The couple participated in a marriage ceremony in accordance with Islam, but never…
Yaghoubinejad v. Haghighi اقرأ المزيد »
…Zero in New York, which forges the American Muslim identity with a design unlike any other seen in the Middle East, North Africa or South Asia. Ms. Eskandari then moved…
Sacred Space? Women’s Places and Spaces in Contemporary American Mosques اقرأ المزيد »
On August 4th, Linda Sarsour, an activist and community organizer, lectured about her work as a community organizer in New York City. She first differentiated between activism and community organizing….
Linda Sarsour-Community Organizing 101 اقرأ المزيد »
KARAMAH’s believes that quality education can change societies. As a human rights organization led by Muslim women lawyers, KARAMAH’s work is particularly useful to legal professionals and students, who will…
…but thank you for showing us a lot of new techniques that I wouldn’t have learned elsewhere.” Another said, “I’m a strong advocate of speaking to people’s hearts, and it…
Day 6 of LLSP 2015 Devoted to Powerful Speaking and Innovative Leadership اقرأ المزيد »
…also their gender. The Berkley Center’s panel called attention to these issues, and how they are not restricted by faith or geography. Ms. Rahman highlighted the issue of the headscarf…
…on consultation and people’s representation.( See dr. Azizah al-Hibri’s article on Islam and Democracy). Ms. Rahman asserted that the key to change is to develop a strong civil society anchored…