Please RSVP via email to Matthew Chen.
Daisy Khan lectures at Chautauqua Institution in July on Women Transcending Boundries.
Click here to listen to a podcast interview with Daisy.
The Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE) third global conference, WISE: Muslim Women Leaders at the Frontlines of Change, will be held in Istanbul, Turkey from Friday, October 14 to Monday, October 17, 2011 at the beautiful Istanbul Marriot Hotel Asia. This year, the conference will be structured around Muslim womens leadership with an emphasis on the religious barriers that hinder Muslim women from assuming leadership positions. The conference will specifically focus on the areas of political, spiritual and business/civic leadership. The conference will feature lively debate and provocative panel sessions and work groups. It will also provide training sessions, that participants can bring back to their communities in order to train other Muslim women leaders.
Register to attend this conference here.
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Daisy Khan dialogues with Jewish and Palestinian students.
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Cynthia Fareed (WISE) is featured in this month's Business Traveler. She speaks about conducting business in the United Arab Emirites.
Read the article here.
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Your tax-deductible donation to ASMA
will help us continue our work.
Your Zakat will be disbursed to the poor, hungry and needy in Somalia through WISE Women Noor Bibi.
You may also send donations by check,
payable to ASMA, to:
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"9/11 Traced New Spiritual Lines"
USA Today, Aug. 22, 2011
Imam Feisal speaks about the effect of 9/11 on Americans' perceptions of Islam, saying:
"It was doubly traumatic for us. I lost members of my community in the attacks and we had to engage even more robustly with our fellow Americans in seeking healing and expressing that Islam itself is not responsible."
Featuring Ranya Idliby, ASMA Board Member and author of The Faith Club.
Read more here
Imam Feisal and Daisy Khan were profiled in the Dutch documentary Lux: The World Ten Years After 9/11. They speak about how the events of 9/11 shaped American perceptions of Muslims and their own work fostering interfaith understanding and dialogue.
View the documentary here.
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Daisy Khan participated in an interfaith discussion between leaders of the Christian, Muslim and Jewish faiths, moderated by United Methodist Women chief executive, Harriett Jane Olson.
Watch the discussion here.
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"Fear, Inc. The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America," A Report Produced by the Center for American Progress.
Authored by Wajahat Ali (MLT) along with Eli Clifton, Matt Duss, Lee Fang, Scott Keyes, Faiz Shakir,Ed Paisely,Tara McGuinness and Sally Steenland, this article exposes how 7 funders have given $43 million over 10 years to a small, inter-connected group of individuals and organizations responsible for mainstreaming fear, bigotry and hate against Muslims and Islam in America. The report dissects, exposes the Islamophobic network, categorizes it, names all the names, connects the dots, traces the funding and money trail, and shows the genesis of several fictitious, anti-Muslim talking points that you hear on the mainstream news such as:
-"President Obama is a Muslim"
-"Sharia is a threat to America"
-"Mosques are Trojan Horses"
-"Radical Islam has infiltrated America, the government and mainstream Muslim organizations"
- "There is no such thing as moderate Islam. Traditional Islam is radical Islam"
- "Practicing Muslims cannot be loyal Americans" and so forth.
Read the report here.
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Munaza Javed
"I started working at ASMA society because I knew that I would be working for an organization that sends a positive message to people. The American public has suffered greatly after 9/11, and ASMA has been working for years to create a way for people of all faiths to work together towards peace. I have found a place that I can be comfortable with my Muslim identity and gain valuable experience as well."
Interested in becoming an ASMA intern? Click here to learn more.
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