April 17, 2018The Clash of Expression – The EconomistThe Economist has published an editorial questioning whether free speech is indeed free in today’s political climate. […]
April 17, 2018 Yasmine Mohammed at Harvard University, “From Al-Qaeda to Atheism”AHA YouTube Clip “People have rights, ideas don’t have rights” Event Description: Yasmine Mohammed spoke for roughly an […]
April 10, 2018Dr. Elham Manea at Stanford University, “Radicalized at 16: The Dangers of Non-Violent Extremism”Watch: Event Description: Dr. Elham Manea is a Swiss-Yemeni Muslim reformer, human rights activist and academic who researches […]
April 9, 2018Will Saudi Arabia Free Its Women? – The Wall Street Journal Full-TextMohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, is in the United Kingdom this week to meet two female […]
April 7, 2018 Dr. Elham Manea at Portland State University, “Radical to Rational: The Dangers of Non-Violent Extremism”YouTube video of Full Event Event Description: Dr. Elham Manea is a Swiss-Yemeni Muslim reformer, human rights activist […]
April 4, 2018 Dr. Elham Manea at the University of Cincinnati, “Radicalized at 16: The Dangers of Non-Violent Extremism”YouTube Clip: “I have the right to criticize my religion” Event Description: Dr. Elham Manea is a Swiss-Yemeni […]
April 3, 2018‘They don’t want you to criticize Islam’: Controversial speaker Zuhdi Jasser talks about combating ‘Islamism’(Duke Chronicle) – After days of controversy, a location change and a counter-protest event, Zuhdi Jasser visited Duke to […]
April 2, 2018 Dr. Zuhdi Jasser at Duke University, “The American-Muslim Identity: Patriot or Insurgent?”Event Description: Dr. Zudhi Jasser, an expert on Islamism and a former Naval officer, spoke at Duke University […]
April 2, 2018 Faisal Saeed Al Mutar at the University of Oklahoma, “Enlightenment Values, the Golden Age of Islam, and Reform”Event Description: Faisal Saeed al-Mutar was born in Iraq and admitted to the United States as a refugee […]
April 2, 2018Dr. Elham Manea at Princeton University, “Radicalized at 16: The Dangers of Non-Violent Extremism”Event Description: Dr. Elham Manea is a Swiss-Yemeni Muslim reformer, human rights activist and academic who researches and […]
March 29, 2018Partial victory in Florida, the AHA Foundation at a UN conference, FGM steals childhoodsDear AHA Foundation Supporter, Last October, in her op-ed in the Sun Sentinel, our own Senior Director, Amanda Parker, pleaded with Florida […]
March 28, 2018Democratic bill banning child marriage killed, modified Republican measure advances – Tennessean(Tennessean) – A measure Democrats have championed that would ban minors from marrying in Tennessee was killed in the state Senate […]
March 28, 2018Penn State Students Fight to End FGM From Their ClassroomsA group of talented and determined students from Penn State’s Dickinson Law have taken up the challenge of […]
March 27, 2018A Survivor Shares: When Female Genital Cutting Occurs, Childhood Ends and Trauma Begins** Please note the photo above is a stock photo and not a photo of the survivor. It […]
March 24, 2018Child marriage ban, year-round Daylight Saving time signed into law – Florida Politics(Florida Politics) – A bill that would ban marriages for anyone under the age of 17 and legislation […]
March 22, 2018Child marriage isn’t marriage and ‘nearly 18’ isn’t 18 years old – The Hill(The Hill) – Why have you abandoned the 17-year-old girls? I ask this to the many state legislators across […]
March 22, 2018 “MENA: Why Did Democracy Fail and How Can We Revive It?”Event Description: Gissou Nia is a human rights lawyer and Iran expert. She most recently acted as the […]
March 17, 2018National campaign to end child marriages arrives in Louisiana; backers say state law must change – The Acadiana Advocate(The Acadiana Advocate) – Amanda Parker, senior director of the AHA Foundation, which is also dedicated to ending […]
March 15, 2018 Yasmine Mohammed at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, “From Al-Qaeda to Atheism”Event Description: Yasmine is an Arab-Canadian college instructor, activist, podcaster and writer. Yasmine shares her story of growing […]
March 9, 2018Florida Moves to Ban Marriage Before the Age of 17 – PBS(FRONTLINE) – Florida has moved to tighten its laws on child marriage. On Friday, state lawmakers passed a […]