…U.S Political Process.” These young Yemeni women leaders are involved in Journalism, Women’s rights, and the political process at the national, state and local level. Their visit to the U.S…
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…entitled: “On Being Faithful Muslims and Loyal Americans,” the members of the council strongly affirm that Islamic values and modern, Western, secular, democratic values both seek to uphold “universal moral…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q55-EkzWry8 “We want [women] to be critical and analytical and decide for [themselves].” Aisha Rahman, KARAMAH executive director On October 13th, 2015, the U.S. Institute of Peace hosted a documentary…
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On Friday, December 16, KARAMAH hosted a town hall with the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) at the ADAMSCenter. The town hall meeting, called Shari’ah Law: Legal, Christian, and Muslim…
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…Creating social spaces for Muslims to meet each other 2. Giving inordinate weight to superficial factors over other factors (i.e. spiritual compatibility, compassion, generosity, etc.) 3. Mutual understanding of expected…
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…law enforcement, but attend mosques, join religious and secular organizations, and live their life with freedom. The second speaker was Chicago attorney and local activist Kamran Memon, Esq.. Mr. Memon,…
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…Pasquarella responded, “I know many details of my clients, but can’t find commonalities for the watch list.” The event was recorded, and can be viewed in its entirety below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBbwqNmaTto…
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…al-Lateef al-Ghamidi, As-Satr fi al-Qadaya al-Jina’iyyah http://www.islamfeqh.com/Nawazel/NawazelItem.aspx?NawazelItemID=666 [ii] For more on criteria for satr, see: an-Nawawi, Al-Minhaj Sharh Sahih Muslim Ibn al-Hajjaj; Ibn Taymiyyah, Majmou’al-Fatawi, 28:220; and Khalid Ibn ‘Abdillah…
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…to Christians”) Though each panelist came from varying educational, religious, and professional backgrounds, they found common ground in that women are agents of change and action, both in their faith,…
…said this is a prescriptive document for practices against the Muslim community,” said Ms. Sarsour. “They had dossiers on Muslim businesses, cafes, bookstores, Muslim Student Associations, Islamic schools, where Arab…
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