Book by Shura Council Member Sumbul Ali-Karamali Chosen for Silicon Valley Reads 2012
Congratulations to Shura Council member Sumbul Ali-Karamali, whose book The Muslim Next Door: The Qu’ran, The Media, and That Veil Thing has been select for inclusion in Silicon Valley Reads 2012. This year, Silicon Valley Reads will focus on the timely and important theme “Muslim and American: Two Perspectives” and will host over one hundred events between January and April 2012. Click here for a full list of Silicon Reads 2012 events and programs.
The Muslim Next Door offers easy-to-understand yet academically sound answers to questions about Islam and Muslims, while also dispelling commonly held misconceptions. Written from the point of view of an American Muslim, the book addresses what readers in the Western world are most curious about, beginning with the basics of Islam and how Muslims practice their religion before easing into more complicated issues like jihad, Islamic fundamentalism, and the status of women in Islam. Read more about The Muslim Next Door here.
Read MoreMuslim Women’s Shura Council Works to Aid Muslim Orphans
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.
Read the Shura Council’s Adoption Digest here.
Read MoreOpportunities
This directory offers Muslim women around the world an opportunity to search through a listing of jobs, internships and fellowship opportunities.
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According to a recent CBS News/New York Times poll, more than three in four Americans think it likely that Muslims, Arab Americans, and immigrants from the Middle East are unfairly targeted in the United States.
- CBS NewsWhile majorities in Germany, Spain and Britain would support a measure similar to France’s ban of the face veil in public places, the vast majority of Americans say they would disapprove of such a measure.
- Pew Research CenterNearly 18 percent of the world’s Muslims are expected to be living in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030.
- Pew Research Center
