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June 11-12, 2015- Sydney, Australia
WISE Executive Director Daisy Khan speaks on
Challenging Terrorist Propaganda during Australia's
Regional Summit to Counter Violent Extremism.
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June 15, 2015- New York, NY:
Executive Director Daisy Khan lectures
at the
U.S. State Department's
"Women Preventing Violent
Extremism" conference
along with 27 women
from
around the world who are directly involved with countering terrorism
on practitioner and grassroots levels.
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Sept. 17, 2015- New York, NY
Daisy Khan with U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom David Saperstein,
at "
The Intersection Between
Women's
Rights and International Religious
Freedom" event on
Amplifying Global Women's
Voices and Catalyzing Change
co-hosted by
Religions for Peace
and the
U.S. State Department
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Sept. 21, 2015- New York, NY
WISE previewed its forthcoming Community Guide against
ISIS at the United Nations Church Center.
Ope
ning remarks by O
IC Ambassador Ufuk Gokcen. Panelists included, Steven Hassan, Imam Tahir Kukaj, Talat Hamdani, Khaja Kaleemuddin, Peter Romaniuk, Imam Konate, Imam Drammeh, Imam Qazi Qayyoom, and Messam Rizvi.
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July 31, 2015-
New York, NY
Imam Mohamad Bashar Arafat
of the
Civilizations Exchange and Cooperation Foundation accompanies a delegation of Imams and Female Scholars from Uganda and Tanzania as part of a three week program, "Muslims in America: Community, Democracy, Interfaith and Political Participation."
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Daisy Khan lectures at the Toledo Mosque to an audience of Mosque members and the general public. The Toledo Mosque is known for being the first mosque in the United States to have prayer space for men and women to pray side by side. Women play key roles at this Mosque, including having the first woman Mosque president, Cherrefe Kadri (picture, top left). The event was hosted by Dr. Amjad Hussain (picture, bottom right).
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Oct. 15-19, 2015-
Salt Lake City, UT
Daisy Khan presents at the Parliament for the World's Religions' Inaugural Women's Assembly, "Global Peacemakers Panel".
She also joined ISNA's panel discussion, "Humanity at the Heart of Islam and in the Minds of Muslims: Moving Beyond Dialogue" during the
Reclaiming the Heart
of Our
Humanity
Conference.
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"Nothing Islamic About ISIS, Just Psychopaths"
Daisy Khan Condemns Paris
Attacks on CNN with Christiane Amanpour.
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"We Are Americans Too"
Daisy Khan Responds to Muslim ID
Controversy on MSNBC with Kate Snow"
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"It feels like there is a double standard
for Muslims, that religious freedom is
not for us because anything can be said
about Muslims and it's really quite OK"
Daisy Khan &
Abdul-Rehman Malik
on Australia's
ABC Lateline
with
Tony Jones.
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"We believe that gender equality
is an
Islamic faith"
Daisy Khan Interview with Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani during
HuffPost
Live "Protest and Politics: What's Next For Afghan Women"
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"We take Islam as an essential element
for women and girls"
Daisy Khan on Huffington Post's
"All Together" podcast with Paul Brandeis Raushenbush
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"It was important for us to create a
voice for ourselves"
Daisy Khan speaks with
Robin Morgan
on
Women's Media Center Live.
(Interview starts at :30)
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