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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 […]

Today we grieve the loss of our sister Tayyibah Taylor. She is one of our own, a pioneer in the Muslim American community, and a dear friend. Tayyibah was founder, editor-in-chief and publisher of Azizah Magazine, the first mainstream publication for Muslim women in the United States. As a visionary, she recognized the urgent need

Last night featured a packed room and many questions during a special event discussing the U.S. government’s engagement in torture against detainees suspected of terrorism. Cosponsored by the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, The Constitution Project and Amnesty International USA, the gathering was prompted by separate reports from the Constitution Project’s Task Force on Detainee

For years, whether it was the post-9/11 NSEERS program, the raids on Muslim organizations in 2002, or more recently the numerous cases involving Muslims being profiled by law enforcement at airports and elsewhere, racial and religious profiling has become an unfortunate constant in our communities. The stories are endless as we often hear about –

During the month of May, several international religious freedom matters were widely reported.  Most notable among them was the Boko Haram kidnapping of a group of school girls in Nigeria. Kidnappers threatened to force these girls into marriage, and convert the Christians among them to Islam. KARAMAH has spoken for years about women’s rights in

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in which KARAMAH’s Chair, Dr. Azizah al-Hibri was a Commissioner for the last two years, recently published its 2013 Annual Report. Among other critical analyses, there was significant emphasis placed on Burma and the egregious human rights violations taking place there against Muslim and Christian groups.

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 be in the best position to use the information as future advocates. With this in mind KARAMAH’s Executive Director, Aisha Rahman, visited the University of