…separate from her right to inheritance and alimony. The mahr is not to cover the wife’s necessary expenses, and today the average mahr amount is not enough in making the…
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…of justice. Jurists understood this fact and developed a graduated penal system with intermediate alternatives to promote healing and forgiveness. Encouraging forgiveness is God’s way of guiding our nature beyond…
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Dr. al-Hibri opened today’s class about Islam Ethics and the Other with a crucial question for the LLSP program: if democracy is the will of the people, and Islam is…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi3j1iNApX8 Today marks the first day of KARAMAH’s 14th annual Law and Leadership Summer Program (LLSP). KARAMAH’s Chair, Saleema Snow, Esq., greeted LLSP’s eighteen participants and welcomed them to KARAMAH….
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…going through this and did nothing about it. Yasmeen Alsaker, NJ Submit Your Story Today! Help us Highlight the Muslim American Civil Rights Experience Send your submissions to KARAMAH Communications…
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…explained, communicates the importance Islam gives to women. Today, within Muslim societies and elsewhere, a much different picture exists. Ms. Rahman then shared a personal story- the story of her…
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…conditions and the unprecedented response of attorneys to meet the needs of poor and vulnerable populations motivated the ABA to commemorate the vital contributions of pro bono lawyers. Today this…
…Department of Justice, who were also present. Today, KARAMAH is continuing its civil rights advocacy work especially with the rise of Daesh, the political anti-Muslim rhetoric that incites to civil…
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…modern Islamic jurisprudence which takes into account the fact that many Muslims today live as minorities in non-Muslim countries. Another wonderful legacy left to us by Dr. Al-Alwani is his…
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…to the legal system. (For example, advising a teenager against consumption of alcohol.) The second meaning is the one of concern to us today, as it applies to domestic abuse…
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