…spoke with the Thai leaders about KARAMAH’s work in educational and legal outreach to promote human rights around the world, particularly those of Muslim women under Islamic and civil law….
…dedicated to contributing to the understanding and promotion of human rights worldwide through education, legal outreach, and advocacy (http://www.karamah.org). Dr. al-Hibri is a Professor at the T.C. Williams School of…
…the world, including Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Recently, KARAMAH has received funding from the Sigrid Rausing Trust to advance its initiatives in Europe to reach more women…
KARAMAH Holds Islamic Law and Leadership Workshops in Brussels and Antwerp, Belgium Read More »
On November 30, 2010, KARAMAH hosted a Women in Leadership Lunch to honor the achievements of women leaders in our local community and around the world. Ambassador Houda Ezra Ebrahim…
KARAMAH Honoring Women in Leadership Read More »
…against Muslims we have seen since 9/11 is nothing new. Anxiety surrounding Islam in the New World dates to the conquest of the Americas by European explorers. The specter of…
From Moorish-Indios to Park 51: A Brief History of Islamophobia in the United States Read More »
By: Asifa Quraishi-Landes “For Muslims, Shari‘ah is the way they believe God wants us to live in the world. One would look to a particular source of understanding of what…
Shari’ah: What It Is and Isn’t (interview) Read More »
…the world of American constitutional theory. We will here set these debates next to each other, illustrating some important similarities between the two legal cultures clearly visible despite their differences….
By: Azizah al-Hibri, Esq. Recent developments in the Arab World, especially those surrounding the Gulf War, prompted demands for the introduction of democratic changes to systems of government in that…
Islamic Constitutionalism and the Concept of Democracy Read More »
…ikhtilaf in Islamic las is the prevalence of at least five different schools of jurisprudence which have survived to this day and have followers throughout the Muslim world. “ Download…
The Scope of Diversity and Ikhtilaf (Juristic Disagreement) in the Shari’ah Read More »
By: Azizah al-Hibri, Esq. “Prophet Muhammad, who carried the message of Islam, was illiterate. The first divine world revealed to him was the imperative: ‘Read.’ The rest of the Qur’an…
Symposium on Religious Law Read More »
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