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On Thursday November 6, 2014 KARAMAH executive director Aisha Rahman met with a delegation of 5 Russian, Muslim leaders. Among the delegation were members of the Russia Mufti Council and the Religious Board of Muslims of the Russian Federation. As is our practice, KARAMAH shared with the delegation our work on civil rights in the […]

As a part of KARAMAH’s work to address gender justice, the office welcomed a delegation of Middle Eastern government officials, lawyers, researchers, and military officers to discuss effective legal frameworks for combating violence against women and cases of domestic violence within a Muslim context. On October 31, the Chair and Founder of KARAMAH, Dr. Azizah

On October 29th, KARAMAH concluded its month long series of “Love Like the Prophet: Ending Domestic Violence in Muslim Communities.” The final event was in an intimate cafe setting, at Busboys and Poets, and true to the mission of the restaurant, the conversation centered around action and social justice. The room was predominantly full of

It was a chilly day outside for the third installment of KARAMAH’s annual series of “Love Like the Prophet: Ending Domestic Violence in Muslim Communities.” KARAMAH’s Executive Director Aisha Rahman faced a full room at the Islamic Society of greater Washington Area, introducing the impressive lineup of speakers. Ms. Rahman shared the stage with Dr.

We celebrate the life of John Howard Mansfield (1928-2014), the John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law, Emeritus, at the Harvard Law School and member of the KARAMAH faculty of our Law and Leadership Summer Program (LLSP). Professor Mansfield was a distinguished scholar of the old school. He authored important works in the areas of

KARAMAH’s Executive Director Aisha Rahman took the stage at the Providence Recreation Center on October 10th to launch the third annual series, “Love Like the Prophet: Ending Domestic Violence in Muslim Communities.” Co-sponsored by MakeSpace, the room overflowed with 75 attendees, all intently listening to the speakers share their stories and insight on domestic violence

We are proud to announce the most recent work of KARAMAH scholar, Dr. Zainab Alwani.  Dr. Alwani’s article, Maqasid Qur’aniyya: A Methodology on Evaluating Modern Challenges and Fiqh al-Aqalliyyat, was published in September of this year in The Muslim World: Special Issue on “Judaism and Islam in America.” This work was part of a joint four year project by

Today, KARAMAH celebrates the 20th anniversary of the landmark Violence Against Women Act (“VAWA”). VAWA was and has been instrumental in instituting governmental authority to punish offenders of domestic violence. It represents a turning point in the national response to domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Affecting broad segments of our community and spanning across

In a historic settlement on September 8th, the Department of Justice entered into an agreement with the School District of Philadelphia, which resolved a religious accommodations lawsuit filed in March of 2014. Our own Raheemah Abdulaleem, Esq., the KARAMAH Vice President/Secretary, was instrumental in helping the government win the landmark settlement. Serving as senior Justice Department Lawyer in the