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Clarion’s Raheel Raza at the UN Human Rights Council

DATE : June 27, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

I just returned from attending the 35th session of UNHRC in Geneva. It’s been a year since I’ve been there, and much has changed.

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O Canada: Muslim Accommodation Gone Too Far?

DATE : May 14, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

Last week I traveled to Pakistan to attend to my mother-in-law who was very ill. Although I visit my land of birth once a year, this was my husband’s first visit in 16 years.

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Raheel Raza: How To Improve Muslim Integration in West

DATE : March 28, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

To some extent radicalization would be lessened if Muslims were better integrated into the West (U.S.) but I would define integration not only as physical but mental and emotional integration as well.

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Canada Heading Towards Blasphemy Law

DATE : February 13, 2017 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

On December 5, 2016, Canadian MP Iqra Khalid proposed a bill against Islamophobia (Motion 103). She began her statement in parliament by saying, “Mr. Speaker, I am a young, brown, Muslim, Canadian woman…”

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It’s A Global Jihad, Stupid

DATE : December 21, 2016 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy and a fellow reformist Muslim, has just suggested a new mantra in the fight against terror: “It’s the global jihad, stupid.”

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Two Small Steps for Women, A Long Road Ahead for Womenkind

DATE : October 11, 2016 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

Pakistan is among the worst places in the world to be a woman.

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A Muslim Speaks: 15 Years After 9/11

DATE : September 10, 2016 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

September 11, 2016 marks fifteen years since the horrific terror attacks that brought down the twin towers, killed thousands of Americans and struck at the heart of America.

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Muslim Woman Activist to Sally Kohn: We Fight for You, While You Fight Against Us

DATE : August 29, 2016 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

Political commentator Sally Kohn has made several statements regarding sharia law, which were not only offensive but dangerous.

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The Winter Of Discontent For Women In The Middle East And North Africa

DATE : August 19, 2016 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

Since the Arab Spring, which quickly turned into the winter of discontent, the status of women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has been of particular concern to human rights groups generally and to women’s rights activists specifically.

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Trump is right about radical Islam: Raheel Raza

DATE : August 17, 2016 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

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