Amina Assilmi

Nationality:

American

Convert :

yes

Description:

Sister Aminah Assilmi was a Southern Baptist, a radical feminist and a broadcast journalist.

She discovered Islam in college while trying to convert others to Christianity.

She accepted Islam in 1977 and presently, she is an ambassador of Islam.

She was married and had three children, when her husband asked for a divorce, as she adjusted her life style to Islam.

Subsequently, the courts denied her custody of her children because of her conversion, unless she gave up Islam, which she refused to do.

Upon deciding to wear the hijab, she lost her job as an award-winning broadcaster in Denver. Since then, her ex-husband, her children, and her parents - ALL have embraced Islam (Allahu Akbar!)

She is currently the Director of International Union of Muslim Women.

She travels extensively speaking on college campuses, increasing public awareness and understanding of the faith.

Available talks:

• Women's Rights & roles in Islam
• Why do Muslim Women wear the Hijab?
• Being a Muslim woman in the West

Other talks given:

• Why I Am A Muslim?
  
• Islam And My Life Sixteen Years As A Muslim
  
• The Face Of Islam (Kansas City, U.S.A.)
  
• Islam The Path To Women’s Liberation (The Islamic Centre, Lawrence, Kansas, Usa, 1990)
  
• Beyond The Veil - Muslim Women In The Modern World
  
• Debate: Question Of Women’s Right And Roles In Islam (Sister Aminah Assilmi And Deborah Siroggins)
  
• A Christian - Muslim Dialogue (Sister Aminah Assilmi And Prof. Floyd Clark)