Aminah assilmi biography

Aminah Assilmi (born Janice Huff, 1945 – 5 March 2010) was an American broadcast journalist, national Muslim community activist and director of the.
Aminah Assilmi (nee Janice Huff, 1945-March 5, 2010) was an American Muslim activist, Emmy-award winning broadcaster, speaker and director of the International.
Aminah Assilmi, 65, served as the Director of the International Union of Muslim Women.

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Aminah Assilmi

Biography

Aminah Assilmi, 65, served as the Director of the International Union of Muslim Women. Her accomplishments included collecting millions of signatures for petitions that were presented to the United Nations in support of the thousands of women who were abused and raped during the ethnic cleansing campaigns in Bosnia. Despite health issues Ms. Assilmi maintained a rigorous schedule of speaking engagements around the nation and the world. She was instrumental in the U.S. Postal Service’s 2001 issuing of the “Eid” stamp, which marks the two main Muslim holidays. She started and laid the foundation for the Center for Muslim Women's Studies, which would serve as an educational center for new converts, as well as a summer camp for children. Equally important, Ms. Assilmi advocated fiercely for Muslim women's rights and equality within the framework of Islam. She drew on her knowledge and love for Islam to demand equity for Muslim women wherever it was denied to them.

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Who was Aminah Assilmi?

Aminah Assilmi (nee Janice Huff, 1945-March 5, 2010) was an American Muslim activist, Emmy-award winning broadcaster, speaker and director of the International Union of Muslim Women. She was named one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world in 2009 by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre based in Amman, Jordan.

Apart from her international speaking engagements, where she would usually discuss the status of women in Islam, she played a major role in the United States Postal Service issuing an Eid stamp in September 2001. This is the first stamp commemorating an Islamic holiday in American history.

Assilmi was an advocate for women's rights based on the primary sources of Islamic law. In a conversation with Nadiah Beekun, secretary treasurer of the International Union of Muslim women, a week before she died, Assilmi said, "I'm not a feminist. I know my Islam."

Early life and conversion

Little is known about Assilmi's life before her acceptance of Islam on May 21, 1977 in Colorado except that she was born in Oklahoma, raised a Southern

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Aminah Assilmi

American journalist (1945–2010)

Aminah Assilmi (born Janice Huff, 1945 – 5 March 2010)^[1] was an American broadcast journalist, national Muslim community activist^[2] and director of the International Union of Muslim Women.^[3]

Formerly a Southern Baptist preacher, she converted to Islam in 1977 in college while trying to convert some Muslims to Christianity. As the director of the International Union of Muslim Women, she visited campuses discussing Islam. She was named one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world in 2009 by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Amman, Jordan.^[4]^[5]

Assilmi was involved in the release of the 2001 Eid stamp,^[4] as well as future anniversary editions. She was also involved in creating an educational center for Muslim converts.

Assilmi died on March 5, 2010, in a car accident while returning from a speaking engagement in New York with her youngest son. She also had several grandchildren.^[1] Since then, her daughter has continued in her mothe