Jamila Hussain (1942, Katoomba - 31 August 2016,

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) was a Muslim community leader in

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and an academic at the University of Technology Sydney.

Biography

Born in 1942 in

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, she studied at the University of Sydney. She married a Chinese Muslim man and studied Shariah law in Malaysia. Widowed in 1994, she returned to Australia and pursued a career as community leader, commentator, and academic. She was the author of ''Islam, Its Law and Society.'' She died in 2016. Her public commentary on Islam, Sharia and its place in Australia appeared in ''

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'', SBS and in interviews on the

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References

1942 births 2016 deaths Academic staff of the University of Technology Sydney Converts to Islam from Christianity Australian Muslims Australian women academics {{Australia-academic-bio-stub