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Zainab Alwani
Zainab Alwani is a Muslim American activist and scholar. She is Founding Director and Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Howard University School of Divinity. Biography Zainab Alwani was born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1962. She is the daughter of Taha Jabir Alalwani. Alwani and her family were forced to flee Iraq when she was 7. The family went to Egypt and later Saudi Arabia. As a young woman, Alwani studied at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University. She received her PhD in Islamic jurisprudence (Usul al-Fiqh) from the International Islamic University in Malaysia. Alwani is also the first female jurist to sit on the board of the Fiqh Council of North America. Alwani is an activist for the rights of Muslim women and children. She is active in continuing her father's thought and approach to minority fiqh. She specializes in Islamic jurisprudence, Quranic studies, the relationship between Islamic and civil law, and women and the family in Islam. Her sister is the Isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard University School Of Divinity
Howard University (Howard) is a Private university, private, University charter#Federal, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. It is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity" and accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Tracing its history to 1867, from its outset Howard has been nonsectarian and open to people of all sexes and races. It offers undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees in more than 120 programs, more than any other historically black colleges and universities, historically black college or university (HBCU) in the nation. History 19th century Shortly after the end of the American Civil War, members of the First Congregational Society of Washington considered establishing a theological seminary for the education of black clergymen. Within a few weeks, the project expanded to include a provision for e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
