ASMA SOCIETY | American Society for Muslim Advancement

Asma Society | American Society for Muslim Advancement


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	Mission People In the Press Videos Our Supporters		MEDIA CLIPS Recent press on ASMA Society 2012 Ten Muslim Women Every Person Should Know (#9 - Daisy Khan) Huffington Post Fazeela Siddiqui, March 24, 2012 More #FollowFriday: 7 Women You Must Follow for LOLs, OOOHs and AHHs - Daisy Khan Glamour Meredith Turits, March 23, 2012 More @DaisyKhan: One of the 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2012 TIME Techland Allie Townsend, March 21, 2012 More Training Afghani Imams to End Violence Against Women Huffington Post Daisy Khan and Fazeela Siddiqui, February 21, 2012 More Islamophobia is America's real enemy The Guardian Daisy Khan, February 9, 2012 More Is the NYPD Really Against Muslims? Huffington Post Daisy Khan, January 27, 2012 More 2011 Muslims' Ground Zero home Eureka Street Peter Kirkwood, September 8, 2011 Watch Beyond 9/11 Time Watch Muslims in the US Still Cope with Discrimination in the Wake of 9/11 MSNBC Andrea Mitchell Reports Watch Decade 9/11 Conversation: Julie Menin and Daisy Khan WNYC Brian Lehrer, August 29, 2011 Listen Lux: The World Ten Years After 9/11 Uitzending Gemist Watch Women Transcending Boundries Chautauqua Institution July 2011 Listen Right Relationship With Neighbor United Methodist Women June 13, 2011 Watch Council of Foreign Relations Panel Discussion on "Islam in America" (with Daisy Khan) Council on Foreign Relations June 2, 2011 Watch Religious Extremism: The Same on All Sides? Daisy Khan on The Takeaway The Takeaway April 2, 2011 LIsten Daisy Khan on issue about Qur'an Burnings MSNBC Martin Bashir, April 4, 2011 Watch Imam Rauf: Hearings Send the Wrong Message CNN Watch Daisy Khan speaks against Peter King's hearings on CNN CNN Ali Velshi, March 8, 2011 Watch The Qu'osby Show The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Comedy Central February 17, 2011 Watch 2010 Controversy over Ground Zero Mosque Plans: Daisy Khan Talks to Mishal Husain BBC Mishal Husain Watch Daisy Khan, an Eloquent Face of Islam New York Times MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, November 12, 2010 More Muslim Leader Daisy Khan speaks to the Washington Post Washington Post Watch WCBS: Daisy Khan Talks about the Islamic Cultural Center Marla Diamond Listen: Part 1, (1AM) \| Part 2, (2am) Town Hall Debate: Setting Up the Debate - Christiane Amanpour moderates a special 'This Week' town hall debate with Daisy Khan. ABC News, October 3, 2010 Christiane Amanpour, Host Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Daisy Khan speaks with Brian Lehrer WNYC, September 23, 2010 Brian Lehrer Watch Wife of 'ground zero mosque' imam epitomizes Islam's modernizing voice Christian Science Monitor, August 23, 2010 Ben Arnoldy More This Week with Christiane Amanpour: Debating the Ground Zero Islamic Center, with Daisy Khan and Joy Levitt ABC News, August 22, 2010 Christiane Amanpour, Host Watch Moving Islamic Center 'Not' On the Table for Now, Backer Says ABC News, August 22, 2010 Joshua Miller More More "I Fear for My Country": Muslim Leader Daisy Khan on Opposition to Ground Zero Mosque and Others Nationwide Democracy Now, August 12, 2010 Watch Islamophobia and The Muslim Center at Ground zero CNN News, July 19, 2010 by John L. Esposito "The proposal by the Cordoba Initiative to build an Islamic center near Ground Zero has drawn major media attention and engendered fierce debate......" More The Brian Lehrer Show - WTC Muslim Community Center WNYC, July 15, 2010 by Brian Lehrer Daisy Khan, executive director and co-founder of the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA), talks about the controversy surrounding the proposed Muslim Community Center at the WTC site. More Islamic Center Near Ground Zero Sparks Anger NPR News, July 15, 2010 by Margot Adler "This center will create this kind of counter momentum which will amplify the voices of the moderate Muslims. If we have to defeat the extremists, Muslims have to be leading that effort." - Daisy Khan More Mosque at Ground Zero- Growing Controversy CNN, July 14, 2010 by Campbell Brown Campbell Brown discusses the Ground Zero mosque and the controversy over its funding with Dr. Zuhdi Jasser (AIFD President) and Reza Aslan-- a very interesting debate between Muslims on this issue. More The Charter for Compassion launch in Washington D.C., Daisy Khan Interview February 17, 2010 Watch 2010 PRESS - CONTINUED Earlier Q&A with Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf Dallas Morning News, July 9, 2004 By Gretel C. Kovach "What is flawed is not the religion." More A Muslim in the Middle Hopes Against Hope New York Times, Metro Section, June 23, 2004 By Chris Hedges Imam Feisal, a Columbia University graduate and the leader of the Masjid al-Farah mosque 12 blocks north of the World Trade Center site, is a man increasingly caught in the middle. He preaches a moderate Islam, one that embraces the values of Western democracy, carries within it a love of America and calls on Muslims to respect other faiths. More A Bridge Builder Between America and Islam Christian Science Monitor By Jane Lampman The imam of a N.Y.C. mosque offers an encouraging vision. More Man In The Middle Newsday, June 08, 2004 By Carol Eisenberg Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf has devoted himself to rapprochement between the Islamic world and the West. More U.S. Religious Leaders Speak Out on Arab TV Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, plus other American religious leaders, condemn the prisoner abuse in Iraq in an ad to run on Arab TV. More What's Right with Islam A Conversation with Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf Shambhala Sun, July 2004 By Melvin McLeod The editor of the Buddhist-inspired magazine speaks with Imam Feisal about Islam, Buddhism, God and the state of global affairs. More U.S. and Islam Share Core Beliefs, N.Y. Imam Says Philadelphia Inquirer, Sun, Jun. 06, 2004 By Jim Remsen, Inquirer Faith Life editor Feisal Abdul Rauf envisions a positive connection between Muslims and the West. More What's Right with Islam? Everything! Muslimwakeup.com, June 5, 2004 By Inas Younis Abdul Rauf makes a case for freedom, pluralism and a strain of Islam which celebrates these ideals, using both research and scholarship. And he did not have to pull rabbits (velveteen or otherwise) out of a hat to make it work-it just does. More Once and Future Islam MSN Slate online, Friday, June 4, 2004 By Lee Smith A Sufi imam challenges moderate Muslims to fashion a new, American faith. More Meeting Colin Powell US Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders met with Secretary of State Colin Powell on Tuesday, June 1, to press for peace in the Middle East. "The US administration needs to take a proactive role in creating the opportunities for peace," said Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, founder of the ASMA Society. IBN News, Washington (AFP), June 1, 2004 Read the article about the meeting, "US Christian, Jewish, Muslim leaders press Powell on Mideast peace envoy" Read Article on IBN News Website "Imam's Write Path to Understanding" Daily News-Boroughs, May 15, 2004 by Charles W. Bell He was the very picture of a modern American executive, surrounded in his 21st-floor suite by all kinds of contemporary corporate gadgetry, ending a cell-phone call with the flourish of a CEO. More "Beliefs: Mideast Initiative Pushes Beyond Platitudes," The New York Times, December 6, 2003 by PETER STEINFELS Thirty-two prominent Christian, Muslim and Jewish leaders announced a National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East, a collaborative effort to push the United States into vigorously and visibly pursuing its road map for an Israeli-Palestinian agreement. More "Muslim Leader Calls for Unity on Peace," The Australian, 2 April 2004, by Vanessa Walker, James Murray, Megan Saunders Watched by Cardinal George Pell, Imam Abdul Rauf—a leading moderate based at Masjid al-Farah mosque in New York City—told thousands of Jews, Christians, Muslims and Buddhists that people of different religions needed to work together to ensure world peace. More "Bookshelf, Cultural Icons and Alternative Religions," Washington Post, Saturday, March 13, 2004 by Bill Broadway A roundup of the latest books on religion for 2004. More Speech at St. Mary's Cathedral in Sydney April 1, 2004, Imam Feisal delivered a historic address to a multi-faith gathering at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney hosted by the Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell. The gathering was attended by Premier Bob Carr, who invited Imam Feisal to Australia. More Interview: PBS, "Frontline," March 2002 An in-depth Q&A on Islamic topics of contemporary relevance, such as the role of women in Islam, the implementation of Shariah law, who decides the rules of jurisprudence and more! More Islam: The Spiritual Matrix by Mehmet DEDE An interview of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf about the role of Muslims in American society, the spiritual aspects of the Qur'an and the interplay between Islam and Sufism. more Review of Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet On Islam Online more