• Is Islam an American Religion?
    Apr 30 2026
    A Texas governor branded a planned Muslim community a "Sharia city" and moved to block its construction. The residents owned the land. Zoning was approved. Every document the Constitution requires was already in order. What followed was the latest chapter in a quiet, decade-long legal war over whether Islam even counts as a religion in the eyes of American law.In this episode of WISE Women with Daisy Khan with host Dr. Daisy Khan, religious liberty lawyer, author, and Michigan State University law professor Asma Uddin breaks down the specific legal and rhetorical strategy built to disqualify Islam from the protections every other American faith receives. Asma, who has argued cases at the United States Supreme Court and written When Islam is Not a Religion and The Politics of Vulnerability, traces the claim that only twelve percent of Islam qualifies as religion, walks through the two First Amendment clauses now being tested in Texas and beyond, and unpacks post-9/11 courtroom data showing Muslim claimants have been half as likely to prevail as their peers of other faiths. She also lays out the playbook for what American Muslims and their allies can do right now, including deep interfaith coalition building and showing up at zoning meetings where the real damage is done.The conversation ends with a vision that may be the most radical thing an American Muslim can ask for. Not spectacular. Not symbolic. Just super ordinary.This episode is part of The Muslim Women Project on WISE Women with Daisy Khan, featuring 100 Muslim women of authority shaping their destiny, community, and society at large. Listen to the full conversation, Like, Follow, and Share WISE Women with Daisy Khan wherever you get your podcasts.Follow Dr. Daisy KhanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009431034002Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daisykhan.nyc/X: https://twitter.com/DaisyKhanFollow Asma Uddin (Author, Assistant Professor of Law, Michigan State University)Website: https://www.asmauddin.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asmauddin/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asmauddin/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asma.uddinX: https://x.com/asmauddinesq Author Bio: Asma Uddin is an Assistant Professor of Law at Michigan State University, a religious liberty lawyer, and an author who has argued cases at the United States Supreme Court on behalf of religious communities across many faith traditions. She is the author of When Islam is Not a Religion: How a Faith Became a Political Category in American Law and Life, and The Politics of Vulnerability. Her work also spans the Aspen Institute, the Freedom Forum Institute, and a Substack on constitutional rights.WISE Women with Daisy Khan Where Muslim voices rise, bridges are built, and history's unsung heroines reclaim their light.WISE Women with Daisy Khan gives voice to Muslims sharing their experiences with anti-Muslim bias, educates non-Muslims to become upstanders against discrimination, and spotlights extraordinary women throughout history whose contributions have been erased. We reclaim faith as a force for good while building bridges between East and West, transforming fear into understanding, one conversation at a time.We challenge disinformation with knowledge and empathy, confronting the weaponization of religion for political gain. This isn't just another podcast. It's a bridge between communities taught to fear each other, opening hearts and minds to build the understanding our divided world needs.Welcome to WISE Women. Where wisdom meets courage, and voices become bridges.News [Source: CBS Evening News]A man sent a hateful message to a Muslim candidate. He responded with a call for help in an article by Steve Hartmanhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-man-sent-a-hateful-message-to-a-muslim-candidate-he-responded-with-a-call-to-help/#WISEWomenwithDaisyKhan #WISEWomen #AsmaUddin #ReligiousLiberty #FirstAmendment #AmericanMuslims #Islamophobia #MuslimWomenProject #DaisyKhan #ConstitutionalRights #InterfaithSolidarity #WhenIslamIsNotAReligion #ReligiousFreedom #FreeExercise #FaithAndLaw
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  • How Sharia Become A Scare Word?
    Apr 20 2026
    What if everything you've been told about Sharia is wrong? In this episode of WISE Women with Daisy Khan, host Dr. Daisy Khan sits down with legal scholar and author Sumbul Ali-Karamali to dismantle one of the most weaponized words in American politics. Together, they trace how a 1,400-year-old ethical framework rooted in protecting life, family, intellect, and human dignity was deliberately repackaged into a political scare word by the Islamophobia industry. Sumbul reveals the evidentiary standards that made punishments like stoning virtually impossible to carry out, explains how British colonizers actually found Sharia too lenient, and uncovers the historical links between Islamic jurisprudence and the English common law system Americans rely on today. They also confront the persistent myth that Sharia subjugates women, with Sumbul pointing out that the Quran granted women rights in the seventh century that Western women would not see for another thousand years.Fear is profitable, but knowledge is liberation. Tune in and discover why the real threat to American values has never been Sharia.Listen, like, subscribe, and follow WISE Women with Daisy Khan on all major platforms.#WISEWomenwithDaisyKhan #WISEWomen #Sharia #IslamicLaw #Islamophobia #MuslimWomen #DemystifyingShariah #SumbulAliKaramali #DaisyKhan #FaithAndJustice #AntiMuslimBigotry #WomenInIslam #ReligiousLiteracy #AmericanMuslims #HumanRightsConnect with Dr. Daisy Khan:Websites:https://daisykhan.com/https://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009431034002Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daisykhan.nyc/Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaisyKhanFollow WISE Women with Daisy Khan:Podcast: https://wisewomenwithdaisykhan.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdaisykhan/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WISEWomenwithDaisyKhanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/WISEwomenwithdaisykhan/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576656401275 Connect with Sumbul Ali-Karamali: Website: https://sumbulalikaramali.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sumbul-ali-karamali-93559210/ Author Bio: Sumbul Ali-Karamali grew up in Southern California, where she was often asked questions about Islam and Muslims. From a young age, she became an expert at answering them. That’s why, after earning her B.A. in English, with Distinction, from Stanford University and earning her J.D. from the University of California at Davis, and working in big law for a while, she got another graduate degree (an LLM) in Islamic law from the University of London (SOAS), with Distinction, so that she could write a book answering all the questions she’d been asked all her life. She’s written three books, in fact (two for adults and one for teens), which you can peruse at her website, www.muslimnextdoor.com. Sumbul is a frequent speaker on Islam and Muslims, for all ages and audiences. She has served on a number of nonprofit boards relating to human rights and justice, and has been both a nonfiction and fiction judge for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing (one of her favorite jobs). In her free time, Sumbul enjoys opera, teaching herself the piano, reading (of course), and watching Star Trek reruns with her family. Oh, and she practices corporate law, too.WISE Women with Daisy Khan Where Muslim voices rise, bridges are built, and history's unsung heroines reclaim their light.WISE Women with Daisy Khan gives voice to Muslims sharing their experiences with anti-Muslim bias, educates non-Muslims to become upstanders against discrimination, and spotlights extraordinary women throughout history whose contributions have been erased. We reclaim faith as a force for good while building bridges between East and West, transforming fear into understanding, one conversation at a time.We challenge disinformation with knowledge and empathy, confronting the weaponization of religion for political gain. This isn't just another podcast. It's a bridge between communities taught to fear each other, opening hearts and minds to build the understanding our divided world needs.Welcome to WISE Women. Where wisdom meets courage, and voices become bridges.News [Source: CBS Evening News]A man sent a hateful message to a Muslim candidate. He responded with a call for help in an article by Steve Hartmanhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-man-sent-a-hateful-message-to-a-muslim-candidate-he-responded-with-a-call-to-help/
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  • The Church Question: Why Anti-Muslim Bias Still Persists
    Apr 10 2026
    A thousand years of anti-Muslim tropes didn't stay buried in medieval manuscripts. They followed Christians into modern sanctuaries, Sunday school classrooms, and even progressive interfaith circles. So what happens when two ordained Baptist pastors decide to trace the roots and rip them out?In this episode of WISE Women with Daisy Khan, host Dr. Daisy Khan sits down with Rev. Dr. Anna Piela and Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf, a married clergy couple who co-founded Challenging Islamophobia Together Chicagoland and recently released their book Confronting Islamophobia in the Church. Together, they unpack how a deliberately distorted medieval Quran translation shaped centuries of Christian perception, why progressive Christians still harbor "soft Islamophobia" toward Muslim women, and what their survey of American Baptist clergy revealed about the deepest theological blind spots between the two faiths.Anna draws on her background as an Islamic feminist scholar to challenge the persistent stereotype of Muslim women as lacking agency, while Michael makes the case that reading the Quran with generosity can actually deepen Christian faith. They also share practical steps, from interfaith iftars to their own "Don't Burn the Quran, Read It" initiative, that any congregation can adopt today.Listen to WISE Women with Daisy Khan because every story matters. This conversation is an invitation to move beyond assumption and into an authentic relationship, one shared meal and one honest question at a time. Listen, Like, Follow, and Share WISE Women with Daisy Khan wherever you get your podcasts.#WISEWomenwithDaisyKhan #WISEWomen #ConfrontingIslamophobia #InterfaithDialogue #IslamophobiaInTheChurch #ChristianMuslimDialogue #AntiMuslimBias #HolyEnvy #InterfaithSolidarity #MuslimWomenLeaders #IslamicFeminism #SoftIslamophobia #ReadTheQuran #InterfaithIftar #FaithInActionConnect with Dr. Daisy Khan:Websites:https://daisykhan.com/https://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009431034002Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daisykhan.nyc/Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaisyKhanFollow WISE Women with Daisy Khan:Podcast: https://wisewomenwithdaisykhan.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdaisykhan/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WISEWomenwithDaisyKhanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/WISEwomenwithdaisykhan/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576656401275 Connect with Rev. Dr. Anna Piela: Website: https://www.annapiela.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-piela/Connect with Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf: Website: https://www.michaelcaseywwoolf.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/revmichaelwoolf/ Author Bios: Rev. Dr. Anna Piela & Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf are a married clergy couple who co-founded Challenging Islamophobia Together Chicagoland, an interfaith solidarity initiative dedicated to confronting anti-Muslim hate. Both ordained American Baptist pastors, they are deeply rooted in the Christian tradition yet believe that learning from other religions enriches and deepens their own faith. Together, they serve as Co-Associate Regional Ministers for the American Baptist Churches of Metro Chicago. Anna is also a Senior Writer with the American Baptist Home Mission Societies, and Michael serves as Senior Minister of Lake Street Church of Evanston, IL. Equal parts pastor, activist, and theologian, they bring faith to life through public witness and collaboration. inter-religiousWISE Women with Daisy Khan Where Muslim voices rise, bridges are built, and history's unsung heroines reclaim their light.WISE Women with Daisy Khan gives voice to Muslims sharing their experiences with anti-Muslim bias, educates non-Muslims to become upstanders against discrimination, and spotlights extraordinary women throughout history whose contributions have been erased. We reclaim faith as a force for good while building bridges between East and West, transforming fear into understanding, one conversation at a time.We challenge disinformation with knowledge and empathy, confronting the weaponization of religion for political gain. This isn't just another podcast. It's a bridge between communities taught to fear each other, opening hearts and minds to build the understanding our divided world needs.Welcome to WISE Women. Where wisdom meets courage, and voices become bridges.News [Source: CBS Evening News]A man sent a hateful message to a Muslim candidate. He responded with a call for help in an article by Steve Hartmanhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-man-sent-a-hateful-message-to-a-muslim-candidate-he-responded-with-a-call-to-help/
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  • Is Domestic Violence Allowed in Islam? Spoiler: It's Not
    Apr 1 2026
    In this episode of WISE Women with Daisy Khan, with host Dr. Daisy Khan, Dr. Denise Ziya Berte, Executive Director of the Peaceful Families Project and a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in trauma, torture, and interpersonal violence, dismantles the myth that domestic violence is a Western problem. She examines how the power and control tactics used by dictators operate identically inside abusive households, confronts the misuse of Verse 4:34 to justify spousal violence, and exposes the community silence leaving victims without support. The Peaceful Families Project's "In Their Names" campaign has documented over 45 Muslim domestic homicides in two years, with 80 to 90 percent occurring during separation or divorce. Dr. Berte also addresses why 25 percent of Muslim children raised in the United States leave Islam and why working equally with perpetrators and survivors is an Islamic obligation.Dr. Denise Ziya Berte's work through Peaceful Families Project spans imam trainings, youth programming, parenting education, and a nationwide network of over 50 culturally competent service providers. She did not accept the silence. She built the infrastructure to end it.Listen to WISE Women with Daisy Khan because every story matters. The qualities that sustain us through difficulty often become the very gifts we offer to the world. Like, follow, and connect with Dr. Daisy Khan.#WISEWomenwithDaisyKhan #WISEWomen #PeacefulFamiliesProject #EndDomesticViolence #MuslimWomen #FamilyViolence #IslamicJustice #DomesticViolenceAwareness #InTheirNames #NotOurDeen #MuslimMentalHealth #FaithAndJustice #IslamicLeadership #Oppression #MuslimCommunity #Podcast #DrDeniseBerteConnect with Dr. Daisy Khan:Websites:https://daisykhan.com/https://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009431034002Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daisykhan.nyc/Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaisyKhanFollow WISE Women with Daisy Khan:Podcast: https://wisewomenwithdaisykhan.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdaisykhan/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WISEWomenwithDaisyKhan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/WISEwomenwithdaisykhan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576656401275Connect with Dr. Denise Ziya Berte:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denise-ziya-berte-59842126b/ Website: https://www.peacefulfamilies.org/Dr. Denise Ziya Berte, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 30 years specializing in trauma, torture, oppression, and interpersonal violence. She serves as Executive Director of Peaceful Families Project, a 21-year-old national initiative addressing family-based violence in Muslim communities through an Islamic legal framework. Dr. Berte has served as expert witness in criminal, family, immigration, and human rights law. She is the mother of eight children and grandmother of five. WISE Women with Daisy Khan Where Muslim voices rise, bridges are built, and history's unsung heroines reclaim their light.WISE Women with Daisy Khan gives voice to Muslims sharing their experiences with anti-Muslim bias, educates non-Muslims to become upstanders against discrimination, and spotlights extraordinary women throughout history whose contributions have been erased. We reclaim faith as a force for good while building bridges between East and West, transforming fear into understanding, one conversation at a time. We challenge disinformation with knowledge and empathy, confronting the weaponization of religion for political gain. This isn't just another podcast. It's a bridge between communities taught to fear each other, opening hearts and minds to build the understanding our divided world needs.Welcome to WISE Women. Where wisdom meets courage, and voices become bridges. News [Source: CBS Evening News] A man sent a hateful message to a Muslim candidate. He responded with a call for help in an article by Steve Hartmanhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-man-sent-a-hateful-message-to-a-muslim-candidate-he-responded-with-a-call-to-help/
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  • Rethinking Islam Together : A Journey of Faith, Justice, and Reform
    Mar 20 2026
    When a Grammy-connected Malaysian songwriter lost her music to religious gatekeepers who banned female voices and forbade instrumentation, she did not walk away from Islam. She walked straight into it, through theology, human rights law, and eventually the United Nations.In this episode of WISE Women with Daisy Khan, with host Dr. Daisy Khan, singer, activist, and the founder of Muslims for Progressive Values, Ani Zonneveld traces a life built at the intersection of music, faith, and social justice. When Muslim retail stores refused to carry her album because a woman's singing voice was deemed forbidden, that rejection sent her into Islamic theology and human rights advocacy. She and Dr. Daisy Khan debates whether the word feminist belongs in Islamic spaces, why Prophet Muhammad was the original feminist, and why secular framing consistently fails communities anchored in faith identity. She closes with her hoped-for legacy: a musical theater production called Welcome to My Eid.Ani Zonneveld's work spans the UN, Africa, Afghanistan, and American living rooms, everywhere Islam is used as a political instrument and everywhere people are quietly reclaiming it for justice. Ani did not leave Islam when it was used against her. She went deeper into it, and that decision changed what progressive Muslim advocacy looks like.Listen to WISE Women with Daisy Khan because every story matters. The qualities that sustain us through difficulty often become the very gifts we offer to the world. Like, follow, and connect with Dr. Daisy Khan.#WISEWomenwithDaisyKhan #WISEWomen #MuslimWomen #MuslimFeminist #IslamicFeminism #ProgressiveIslam #WomensRights #FaithAndJustice #SocialJustice #InterfaithDialogue #ReligionVsCulture #AmericanMuslim #MuslimCulture #HumanRights #Podcast #MPVUSA #AniZonneveld #IslamicHymnsConnect with Dr. Daisy Khan:Websites:https://daisykhan.com/https://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009431034002Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daisykhan.nyc/Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaisyKhanFollow WISE Women with Daisy Khan:Podcast: https://wisewomenwithdaisykhan.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdaisykhan/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WISEWomenwithDaisyKhanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/WISEwomenwithdaisykhan/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576656401275 Connect with Ani Zonneveld:Website: https://www.anizonneveld.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ani-zonneveld/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anizonneveld/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@IslamicHymnsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ani.zonneveld/TEDx talk "Islam: as American as Apple Pie" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsedODeuAUMMuslims for Progressive Values:Website: https://www.mpvusa.org/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MPVUSAFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/mpvusaAni Zonneveld is the founder and President of Muslims for Progressive Values, an international human rights organization advocating for gender equality, freedom of expression, and inclusive Islam. Born in Malaysia, she is an award-winning songwriter, Grammy-credited producer, and author of An Unlikely Social Justice Warrior. A Council on Foreign Relations member, her TEDx talk Islam: As American As Apple Pie and ongoing UN activism position her as a leading global voice for Muslim women and reform. WISE Women with Daisy Khan Where Muslim voices rise, bridges are built, and history's unsung heroines reclaim their light.WISE Women with Daisy Khan gives voice to Muslims sharing their experiences with anti-Muslim bias, educates non-Muslims to become upstanders against discrimination, and spotlights extraordinary women throughout history whose contributions have been erased. We reclaim faith as a force for good while building bridges between East and West, transforming fear into understanding, one conversation at a time.We challenge disinformation with knowledge and empathy, confronting the weaponization of religion for political gain. This isn't just another podcast. It's a bridge between communities taught to fear each other, opening hearts and minds to build the understanding our divided world needs.Welcome to WISE Women. Where wisdom meets courage, and voices become bridges.News [Source: CBS Evening News]A man sent a hateful message to a Muslim candidate. He responded with a call for help in an article by Steve Hartmanhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-man-sent-a-hateful-message-to-a-muslim-candidate-he-responded-with-a-call-to-help/
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  • From Persia to Iran: Who the Persians Are and Where the Country Is Headed
    Mar 17 2026
    Kamin Mohammadi is an author, journalist, broadcaster, editor and public speaker. Born in Iran, she and her family moved to the UK during the 1979 Iranian Revolution. She has written for the British and international press including The Times, the Financial Times, Harpers Bazaar, Marie Claire, Condé Nast Traveller (UK and Italy), Psychologies, Donna Moderna (Italy), Men’s Health, The Sunday Times (UK), The Sunday Times of India, The Mail on Sunday, Virginia Quarterly Review and the Guardian as well as co-authoring The Lonely Planet Guide to Iran and numerous other travel guide books. Her journalism has been nominated for an Amnesty Human Rights in Journalism award in the UK, and for a National Magazine Award by the American Society of Magazine Editors in the US.Kamin has also authored two books, THE CYPRESS TREE: A LOVE LETTER TO IRAN (Bloomsbury, 2011), published in Italy as MILLE FARFALLE NEL SOLE (Piemme Voci, Sept 2013), and BELLA FIGURA: HOW TO LIVE, LOVE AND EAT THE ITALIAN WAY (published in UK by Bloomsbury, US by Knopf and Appetite Random House in Canada in 2018). It has been translated into 16 languages and is in development as a TV series. Her essay BIOLOGICAL CLOCK appeared in an Italian anthology of 17 women writers working in Italy all writing on the same subject, called PENSIERO MADRE (Neo Edizioni, 2016). She has also published a story in the anthology THE ORDINARY CHAOS OF BEING HUMAN (Penguin SEA, 2020).An avid commentator, she has appeared on BBC Radio Four’s WOMAN'S HOUR, MIDWEEK, FOUR THOUGHT and THE WORLD TONIGHT, BBC World Service’s OUTLOOK and THE WORLD TODAY WEEKEND, Channel Four Radio’s THE MORNING REPORT, Monocle Radio’s MONOCLE 24 and India’s NDTV. She has appeared in the BBC TV documentary Iranian Enough? and written and co-presented the BBC World Service’s three-part radio documentary Children of The Revolution. She was a major contributor to the BBC Radio Four series Escape from Tehran. She is now a regular presenter of BBC R4’s FOUR THOUGHT.Kamin farms an ancient Tuscan olive grove from which she produces small quantities of very special first cold press extra virgin olive oil which you can order on the olive oil link above. From this she makes a series of natural balms for the skin; click on link Kamin's Magic Balm for more information. Kamin's activities as a yoga teacher, Reiki healer and massage therapist hosting retreats in Tuscany can be seen on the yoga link above. Kamin is also a writing teacher and mentor, running regular classes, courses and workshops online, with her first in-person retreat planned in Tuscany September 2023, visit the writing course link above for more information. Her latest course is an online BRIEF HISTORY OF IRAN for The Idler Academy for whom she has also filmed the best-selling BELLA FIGURA: HOW TO LIVE LIKE AN ITALIAN course. Click here for more information and to visit The Idler Academy.Listen to WISE Women with Daisy Khan because every story matters. The qualities that sustain us through difficulty often become the very gifts we offer to the world. Like, follow, and connect with Dr. Daisy Khan.#WISEWomenwithDaisyKhan #WISEWomen #MuslimWomen #MuslimFeminist #IslamicFeminism #ProgressiveIslam #WomensRights #FaithAndJustice #SocialJustice #InterfaithDialogue #ReligionVsCulture #AmericanMuslim #MuslimCulture #HumanRights #Podcast #MPVUSA #AniZonneveld #IslamicHymnsConnect with Dr. Daisy Khan:Websites:https://daisykhan.com/https://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009431034002Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daisykhan.nyc/Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaisyKhanFollow WISE Women with Daisy Khan:Podcast: https://wisewomenwithdaisykhan.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdaisykhan/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WISEWomenwithDaisyKhanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/WISEwomenwithdaisykhan/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576656401275 WISE Women with Daisy Khan Where Muslim voices rise, bridges are built, and history's unsung heroines reclaim their light.WISE Women with Daisy Khan gives voice to Muslims sharing their experiences with anti-Muslim bias, educates non-Muslims to become upstanders against discrimination, and spotlights extraordinary women throughout history whose contributions have been erased. We reclaim faith as a force for good while building bridges between East and West, transforming fear into understanding, one conversation at a time.We challenge disinformation with knowledge and empathy, confronting the weaponization of religion for political gain. This isn't just another podcast. It's a bridge between communities taught to fear each other, opening hearts and minds to build the understanding our divided world needs.Welcome to WISE Women. Where wisdom meets courage, and voices become bridges.News [Source: CBS Evening News]A man sent a hateful message to a Muslim candidate. He responded with a call for help in an...
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  • Ramadan: The Night Of Divine Unveiling Tagline - What Laylat ul-Qadr Means
    Mar 12 2026
    There is a night hidden inside Ramadan with no fixed date. Muslims spend the entire month looking for it. That is entirely by design. Many fast and gain nothing but hunger and thirst. Intention is everything. Ramadan is not about food. Ramadan is the month that gives every Muslim the tools to close that distance.In this episode of WISE Women with Daisy Khan, host Dr. Daisy Khan, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf traces the origin of Laylat ul Qadr, the Night of Power, to the moment the Archangel Gabriel appeared to Prophet Muhammad in a cave above Mecca, embraced him, and commanded him to read. The Prophet could not read or write. Gabriel repeated the command three times, and the first verses of the Quran entered history. Imam Feisal explains why the Prophet's trembling was not fear but a physical transmission of divine energy, how Khadija's response validated the experience, and why the night has no fixed date. Its ambiguity is an open invitation. The Prophet urged every companion to seek Laylat ul Qadr for themselves, and confirmed that those who found it in the first ten days of Ramadan and those who found it in the last ten. The night is not out there. It is within you.Fasting covers the eyes, the ears, the tongue, and the hands. A fast that leaves you rude and angry is no fast at all. Aisha described the Prophet as the walking Quran.Listen to WISE Women with Daisy Khan because every story matters. The qualities that sustain us through difficulty often become the very gifts we offer to the world. Like, follow, and connect with Dr. Daisy Khan.#WISEWomenwithDaisyKhan #WISEWomen #Ramadan #LaylatulQadr #NightOfPower #WhyMuslimsFast #IslamicSpirituality #ImamFeisalAbdulRauf #DaisyKhan #RamadanExplained #QuranRevelation #SpiritualGrowth #FaithAsAForceForGood #ProphetMuhammad #WalkingQuran #InterfaithDialogue #MuslimCommunity #Tarawih #FastingInIslamConnect with Dr. Daisy Khan:Websites:https://daisykhan.com/https://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009431034002Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daisykhan.nyc/Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaisyKhanFollow WISE Women with Daisy Khan:Podcast: https://wisewomenwithdaisykhan.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdaisykhan/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WISEWomenwithDaisyKhanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/WISEwomenwithdaisykhan/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576656401275 Connect with Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf:Website: https://cordobahouse.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ImamFeisal/Twitter/X: https://x.com/imamfeisalImam Feisal Abdul Rauf is an American Muslim leader, author, and interfaith advocate whose work has shaped Muslim-West relations for more than two decades. He is the founder and chief executive of the American Society for Muslim Advancement and the Cordoba Initiative, organizations dedicated to fostering dialogue, pluralism, and ethical leadership across faith communities. Imam Feisal serves as imam of Masjid Al Farah in New York City and has long been a prominent public voice calling for principled engagement, religious literacy, and peaceful coexistence. He is the author of several books, including What’s Right with Islam: A New Vision for Muslims and the West. A graduate of Columbia University with advanced study in physics, he bridges spiritual scholarship with intellectual rigor, advancing a vision of Islam rooted in mercy, justice, and responsible civic participation. WISE Women with Daisy Khan Where Muslim voices rise, bridges are built, and history's unsung heroines reclaim their light.WISE Women with Daisy Khan gives voice to Muslims sharing their experiences with anti-Muslim bias, educates non-Muslims to become upstanders against discrimination, and spotlights extraordinary women throughout history whose contributions have been erased. We reclaim faith as a force for good while building bridges between East and West, transforming fear into understanding, one conversation at a time.We challenge disinformation with knowledge and empathy, confronting the weaponization of religion for political gain. This isn't just another podcast. It's a bridge between communities taught to fear each other, opening hearts and minds to build the understanding our divided world needs.Welcome to WISE Women. Where wisdom meets courage, and voices become bridges.News [Source: CBS Evening News]A man sent a hateful message to a Muslim candidate. He responded with a call for help an article by Steve Hartmanhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-man-sent-a-hateful-message-to-a-muslim-candidate-he-responded-with-a-call-to-help/
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  • Who Erased Muslim Women From History? Scholarly Interpretation & Political turmoil
    Mar 6 2026
    In this episode of WISE Women with Daisy Khan, host Daisy Khan sits with Professor Asma Afsaruddin, author of the Oxford Handbook of Islam and Women and a scholar of Middle Eastern languages and cultures at Indiana University Bloomington, who has spent decades reading the original Arabic sources that most Muslims never access. What she found is a trail of deliberate edits, borrowed myths, and politically motivated reinterpretations that buried women's authority one century at a time. The Quran never said women were made from a rib. That story was imported from outside and repeated until it became an accepted belief. The Arabic word for "obedience" in the Quran always referred to God, until male commentators quietly swapped it with "husband." And the same pattern that restricted women after the Mongol invasions of the 13th century is playing out in Afghanistan and America right now.This episode is not merely an academic exercise. It is a reclamation. Professor Afsaruddin and her colleagues are not rewriting scripture. They are removing the additions men attached to it and letting the original text speak again. The question was never about what the Quran says about women. It always said it clearly. The question is about who was allowed to read it and what they chose to leave out.#WISEWomenwithDaisyKhan #WISEWomen #ProfessorAsmaAfsaruddin #WhoErasedMuslimWomen #IslamAndWomen #QuranAndGender #MuslimWomenInHistory #GenderEqualityInIslam #WomensRightsInIslam #InternationalWomensDay #OxfordHandbook #IslamicFeminism #MuslimWomenProject #DaisyKhan #ReclaimTheNarrative #PatriarchyIsNotIslamAbout : Asma AfsaruddinProfessor Asma Afsaruddin is the Class of 1950 Herman B. Wells Endowed Professor of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at Indiana University Bloomington. She holds a PhD from Johns Hopkins University and has previously taught at Harvard and Notre Dame. She is the author or editor of nine books, including the Oxford Handbook of Islam and Women. She was inducted into the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars in 2019 and named a Carnegie Scholar in 2005. Her research focuses on Quranic interpretation, gender in Islam, and Islamic political thought.Connect with Dr. Daisy Khan:Websites: https://daisykhan.com/https://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009431034002Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daisykhan.nyc/Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaisyKhanFollow WISE Women with Daisy Khan:Podcast: https://wisewomenwithdaisykhan.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdaisykhan/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WISEWomenwithDaisyKhanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/WISEwomenwithdaisykhan/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576656401275 Connect with Asma Afsaruddin:Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asma_AfsaruddinEmail: aafsarud@iu.edu WISE Women with Daisy Khan Where Muslim voices rise, bridges are built, and history's unsung heroines reclaim their light.WISE Women with Daisy Khan gives voice to Muslims sharing their experiences with anti-Muslim bias, educates non-Muslims to become upstanders against discrimination, and spotlights extraordinary women throughout history whose contributions have been erased. We reclaim faith as a force for good while building bridges between East and West, transforming fear into understanding, one conversation at a time.We challenge disinformation with knowledge and empathy, confronting the weaponization of religion for political gain. This isn't just another podcast. It's a bridge between communities taught to fear each other, opening hearts and minds to build the understanding our divided world needs.Welcome to WISE Women. Where wisdom meets courage, and voices become bridges.News [Source: CBS Evening News]A man sent a hateful message to a Muslim candidate. He responded with a call for help, article by Steve Hartmanhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-man-sent-a-hateful-message-to-a-muslim-candidate-he-responded-with-a-call-to-help/
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