Muslim Link, April 10, 2015

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KAREEM WHY I BECAME A MUSLIM

21 JUMADA AL-AKHIR - 18 RA JAB 1436 A.H. April 10th - May 7 th 2015

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Brookings Presents Study On Publicly Funded Islamic Education

European governments funding Islamic education aimed at producing model citizens

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Dr Altaf Husain Chosen as Social Work Educator for 2015 | pg 5

By Hena Zuberi

Maryum Center Strategy for Future: Be a Muslim Hub | pg 5

As anti Muslim bigotry reached unprecedented highs in the United States after 9/11, Islamic religious education came under the microscope in both the United States and Europe.

Talib Kareem Running for Hyattsville City Council | pg 6

Muslim Link Staff Reporter

A new study by the Brookings Institute on publicly funded Islamic education in nine European countries and the United States finds outdated, stereotypical textbooks, lack of teachers training and publicly funded European Islamic schools being used to produce "model citizens�.

Imam of Al-Haram to Judge ADAMS Qur'an Comp | pg 8 Professor Jenny Berglund has been researching Islamic education since 2009 in her native Sweden. The release

Rally for Aafia Siddiqui Demands Medical Team Visit | pg 10 >> EDUCATION Pg 16

Yemeni-Americans Stranded In Civil War Say US Abandoning Them By Hena Zuberi Muslim Link Staff Reporter

Fatimah Aulaqi, a newlywed Ye m e n i - A m e r i c a n i n Texas, is not receiving congratulatory messages on the phone from her relatives these days.

The conversations with her uncles are laced with worry and anxiety. Her family is from Shabwah but resides in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen and she receives snatchs

>> YEMEN Pg 12

American Muslim Tries to Give Athan in All 50 States | pg 22 Pew Study: Islam Fastest Growing Faith on the Planet | pg 24 Pray for Those Who Departed This Life: Obituaries | pg 30

Jamal al-Labani, a resident of Oakland, CA, who had gone to visit his wife and young child in Yemen, was killed on Thursday, April 2, 2015, as he walked home from the masjid.

TML's Marketplace | pg 31


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