Canada
Women's Rights , musician
Hijri 1376-Present (AH); Common Era 1957-Present (CE)
Farzana Hassan is a Canadian Pakistani-born public speaker, human rights activist, and author. Hassan is a former President of the Muslim Canadian Congress, where she involved herself in interfaith dialogue for many years. Hassan is a columnist for the Toronto Sun and author of several books that open the conversation about the origins of Islamophobia in the West: feminism and Islam. Farzana advocates for Muslim women's rights in Canada and other countries. Hassan is a supporter of banning the burqa, that from her perspective, it has nothing to do with Islam, but with a patriarchal interpretation of the Quran. Hassan is a writer, author of many publications covering topics related to gender issues and religion such as "Women and the Challenges of Today: Modernist Insights and Feminist Perspectives (2006)", where she reflects about polygamy, wife battery, adultery, terrorism, religious fundamentalism, and Shariah Law. In "Unveiled: A Canadian Muslim Woman's Struggle Against Misogyny, Sharia and Jihad (2012)" Farzana challenges the ideas nourishing radicalism among some of Islam's adherents; additionally, the book speaks out against brutal and misogynistic honor killings and takes an honest look at political Islam. In Farzana's later book "The Case Against Jihad (2018)," the author examines the conceptual roots of armed jihad, to seek solutions to a growing problem that threatens world peace and security. Farzana Hassan earned an MBA from the University of Massachusetts; she holds degrees from the Kinnaird College, the University of Punjab, and the University of Phoenix.
