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ASMA Update
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February 16, 2012 | Issue 11
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Imam Feisal and Daisy Khan attend the 4th Annual Interfaith Dinner and Dialogue for US Religions Leaders at the United Nations, hosted by Kazakhstan's Ambassador to the United States Erlan Idrissov. Read more here.
Daisy Khan spoke at Duquesne University's 2012 Symposium on Interreligious Dialogue. Read more here.
Sponsored by ASMA, the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew,
Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, and the Muslim Consultative Network. Read more here.
Toni Segal, Jenny Golub, Julia Kristeller, Rev. Kay Karpin, Sabeeha Rehman, Daisy Khan, Megan Putney, Debbie Almontasser, Siobhan Sargant & Asma Sadiq
Amir Vahab performs sufi music.
Daisy Khan participated the NYC Muslim-Jewish Weekend of Twinning, organized by the Jewish Community Center. Read more about this event here.
Daisy Khan took park in Manhattan College's interfaith event, Hope and Healing Post 9/11: An Interfaith Dialogue from a Woman’s Perspective. Read more about this event here.
Daisy Khan participated in Mt. Holyoke College's Fall 2011 Religion in the Public Square programming. Daisy spoke about faith, love and understanding for young leaders in the 21st Century. Learn more about this event here.
Daisy Khan and Imam Feisal were awarded the Peace Award from the City of Edinburgh. See more images from their visit to Scotland here.
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"I thoroughly enjoyed being part of an organization that can make such strides in social change. And as a former member of the ASMA team, I am extremely grateful for the plethora of knowledge and experience that ASMA has granted me." |
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Islamophobia is America's real enemy In an op-ed for The Guardian, Daisy Khan argues that The hysterical campaign to stigmatise US Muslims poses a far greater threat than radicalisation to America's civic union. Read more here.
Is the NYPD Really Against Muslims?
In an op-ed for the Huffington Post, Daisy Khan responds to the New York Police Department's Islamophobic training video "The Third Jihad," which depicts Muslims as anti-American fanatics. Daisy calls on Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to rebuild trust with New York's Muslim Community. Read more here.
A recent article in the Washington Post highlighted the work of the Muslim Women's Shura Council to aid Muslim orphans - and Muslim families wishing to adopt - by examining and reevaluating Islamic laws concerning adoption. Read the full article here.
Daisy Khan spoke at this year's 2011 Chicago Ideas Week in a panel titled CIW MEGATALK: Innovation & Influence. In her talk, Daisy discussed her work building bridges between the Muslim community and the general public through dialogues in faith, culture, identity, and the arts.
Mormons and Evangelicals: A Theological Divide
The Rev. Dr. Serene Jones of Union Theological Seminary explains the theological differences between Mormons and Evangelicals. Click here to watch. |
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WISE Program Manager, Fazeela Siddiqui, just returned from a two week trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan. In Afghanistan, she conducted the on-the-ground evaluation of the Imam Training Program to End Violence Against Women. In Pakistan, she met with various foundations and non-profit leaders in order to expand WISE in the region.
From left to right: WISE women, Shahina Akbar, Fauzia Janjua, Fazeela Siddiqui, Abida Malik – in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Fazeela Siddiqui conducting an Imam focus group with reputable imams from Kabul who have implemented the ITP to end violence against women.
Sumbul Ali-Karamali's book, The Muslim Next Door: The Qu'ran, The Media, and That Veil Thing, has been select for inclusion in Silicon Valley Reads 2012.
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International human rights lawyer, news commentator and MLT Arsalan Iftikhar recently published Islamic Pacifism: Global Muslims in the Post-Osama Era, a book that presents the sociopolitical philosophy of "Islamic Pacifism" as a humanitarian ethical platform rooted within the general concepts of nonviolence and basic Muslim ethical teachings of mercy and compassion towards all of humanity. Read more about this book here. |
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