Azizah Y. al-Hibri(Arabic:عزيزة يحيى الهبري;born 1943) is an American philosopher and legal scholar who specializes in Islam and law.
Azizah Y. al-Hibri | |
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 al-Hibri in 2012 | |
| Born | 1943 (age 81–82) |
| Education | B.A., philosophy,American University of Beirut,1966 Ph.D., philosophy,University of Pennsylvania,1975 J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1985[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Philosopher, legal scholar |
Biography
editAl-Hibri is professor emerita at the T. C. Williams School of Law,University of Richmond.She is a former professor ofphilosophy,founding editor ofHypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy,and founder and president of KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights. AFulbright scholar,she has written extensively about Islam and democracy, Muslim women's rights, and human rights in Islam. She was an adviser to the PBS documentaryMuhammad: Legacy of a Prophet(2002), produced by Unity Productions Foundation.
Al-Hibri is a member of the advisory board of various organizations, including thePew Forumon Religion in Public Life, the Pluralism ProjectHarvard University,andReligion & Ethics Newsweekly(PBS). She is also a member of theConstitution Project's Liberty and Security Committee. In June 2011, al-Hibri was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as a commissioner on theU.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.[2]
She also wrote the third chapter ofTransforming the Faiths of our Fathers: Women who Changed American Religion(2004), edited by Ann Braude.[3]
Al-Hibri is the grandchild of SheikToufik El Hibriwho established the first Scout movement in the Arab world.
Sources
edit- "Shattering the Stereotypes: Muslim Women Speak Out" (2005)
References
edit- ^"Azizah Y. al-Hibri",University of Richmond.
- ^"President Obama Appoints Professor al-Hibri to U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom",USCIRF,June 8, 2011. Retrieved on January 16, 2015.
- ^Table of Contents: Transforming the faiths of our fathers.Catalog.lib.uchicago.edu.ISBN978-1-4039-6460-1.Retrieved2015-04-14.
External links
edit- Homepage of Azizah Y. al-Hibri
- KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights
- Op-Ed: Obama's Bridge to Islam
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