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Aminah Beverly Al-Deen, Ph.D.

1640 N. Mobile Avenue

Chicago, IL – 60639

Home: (773) 836-8240

Office: (773) 325-1290

Cell: (773) 580-2562

amccloud@depaul.edu

Academic Background

1993 Ph.D. Temple University: Islamic Studies

1987 M. A. Temple University: Islamic Studies

1977 B.Sc. Temple University: Pharmacy

1970 B. S. Lincoln University: Physics/Math

Work Experience

Academic Experience

2007- 2015: Director, Islamic World Studies Program, DePaul University

2003 Professor, Islamic Studies in Religious Studies, DePaul University

1996 Associate Professor, Islamic Studies in Religious Studies, DePaul University

1995- 2016 Present: Editor in Chief, Journal of Islamic Law and Culture

1993 Assistant Professor, Islamic Studies in Religious Studies, DePaul University

1990 Instructor, Religious Studies, DePaul University

Non-Academic Experience

Intellectual Contributions

American Editor, Muslim Minorities Series, Brill Publishing, (Current)

Continuing Reviewer for CHOICE

Founder and Convener, The Annual Conference on Islam in America 2011-present

Holder of Green Chair in Religious Studies, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth,

Texas, 2015.

Books

History of Arab Americans: Exploring Diverse Roots. Contracted ABC-CLIO.( to be

published in 2017.

Global Muslims. Zayed University-Institute for Islamic Studies. 2013

Universal Ethics in Islam. Zayed University – Institute for Islamic Studies, 2014.

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Introduction to Islam in the 21st Century. Aminah McCloud and Scott Hibbard.

by Blackwell Publishing (Fall, 2013).

Transnational American Muslims. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida. 2006.

Questions of Faith: A Guide for Muslim Prisoners, Chicago: ABC Publishers, 1999.

African American Islam. New York: Routledge, Chapman and Hall. 1995.

Articles/Chapters Published in Refereed Journals/ Books

“ Challenges to Religious Legal Pluralism in 21st Century America: The Case of

Shariah.” Co-authored with Anthony Simpkins. Routledge, Vol.13 Issue 1, 2012.

“ Warithudeen Mohammed.” SAGE Reference Project on Religious Leadership. 2012

“Reflections on the Islamization of Knowledge” in Islam and Knowledge: Al Faruqi’s

Concept of Religion in Islamic Thought. Edited by Imtiyaz Yusuf. I. B. Tauris, 2012

“African American Islamic Leadership” SAGE Reference Project on Religious

Leadership. 2012

“Is the Nation of Islam Part of American Religious History or Islamic Studies? Does it

Really Matter?” Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 2011.

“African American Islam” in Religion Compass. Edited by Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.

“The African American Muslim Experience” in Voices of Islam. Edited by Vincent

Cornell. Greenwood Press, 2007.

“Living As a Muslim in a Pluralistic Society: Conceptual Discourse” in Muslims in the

Public Square. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2004.

“A Challenging Intellectual Heritage: A Look at the Social and Political space of African

American Muslims” in Islam in America. Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson

Foundation Press, 2004).

“Islam in America: The Mosaic” in Religion and Immigration. Edited by Yvonne Y.

Haddad, Jane I. Smith, and John Esposito. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2003.

“The Concept of Blackness in the Nation of Islam” in Religion, Myth, and the Creation

of Race and Ethnicity: An Introduction. Edited by Peter Paris. New York: New York

University Press, 2002.

“This is a Muslim Home: Signs of Difference in the African American Row House,” in

Making Muslim Space in North America and Europe. Edited by Barbara Metcalf.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1996.

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“African American Muslim Women,” in Muslims in America. Edited by Yvonne

Haddad. Cambridge: Oxford University Press, 1991.

Articles Published in Non-Refereed Outlets

* African American Muslims Communities of the Qur’ān in Communities of the Qur’ān

for Oneworld Press, 2017.

“Racism in the Ummah,” in Islam: A Contemporary Perspective. Edited by Mohammad

Ahmadullah Siddiqi. Chicago: NAAMPS Publications, 1994.

“The Relevance of Islam for Women,” in The Relevance of Islam in the Modern World.

Edited by Sulayman Nyang and Henry Thompson. New York: Rose of Sharon, 1991.

“Islam,” in Religious Worlds: Primary Readings in Comparative Perspective. Edited by

Dominic Crossan. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt, 1991.

Encyclopedia Articles

“Elijah Muhammad.” International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. 2007.

“Women, Gender, and Female Space: North America.” Encyclopedia of Women and

Islamic Cultures. December, 2005.

“Women, Gender and Sexual Harassment, United States.” Encyclopedia of Women and

Islamic Cultures. December, 2005.

“Islam in the Americas”. Macmillan Reference. 2003. (8000 words)

“Black Muslims (African American Muslims belonging to the Nation of Islam)”. Encarta

Reference Library 2003.

“Ahmadiyya” in the Encyclopedia of Religion and American Cultures. ABC-CLIO for

New York University Press, 2001

“Islam” in the Encyclopedia of Religion and American Cultures. ABC-CLIO for New

York University Press, 2001.

“American Muslim Women” in the Encyclopedia of Women in Islamic Cultures. Brill

Academic Publishers (The Netherlands), 2001.

“African American Islam” in the Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North

America. Date of Publication – 2002. Indiana University Press.

“Louis Farrakhan,” “Muslim Student Association of North America,” and “Nation of

Islam,” in Islam and the Muslim World. 2001. Macmillan Reference, New York.

"The Nation of Islam." The Encyclopedia of Chicago History. The Newberry Library,

1999.

"Muslim Brotherhood." Contemporary American Religion, Macmillan Reference, 1999.

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"Warithudeen Muhammad." Contemporary American Religion, Macmillan Reference,

1999.

Book Reviews, Article Reviews, and other Short Writings

Reviewer, New Muslim Cool, for CHOICE, 2017

*Reviewer, 9/11 Generation for CHOICE, 2016

Reviewer, The Oxford Handbok of American Islam. Y. Haddad and J. Smith 2016.

Reviewer, Islam is a foreign country, by Zareena Grewald. For New York

University Press, 2016.

Reviewer, Pious Practice and Secular Constraints: women in the Islamic Revivial in

Europe. Jeanette Jouil of CHOICE, 2016.

Reviewer, Muslims in US Prisons. Nawal Ammar for CHOICE, 2015.

Reviewer, Will the Real Pakistani Woman Please Stand Up? Moon Charania for

CHOICE, 2015.

Reviewer of manuscript Islamophobia and Civil Rights. By Erik Love. For NYU

Press, 2015.

Reviewer of Muslim Cool by Su’ad Khabeer. For NYU Press, 2015.

Reviewer, Old Islam in Detroit: Rediscovering the Muslim American Past. by Sally

Howell. Oxford University Press, 2014.

Reviewer, Islamic Reform and Colonial Discourse on Modernity in India by Jose

Abraham. Palgrave MacMillan, 2014.

Reviewer, “Muslim American Women,” by Shabana Mir. For CHOICE. 2014.

Reviewer, Polygyny: What it Means When African American Muslim Women Share

Their Husbands. Debra Majeed. University Press of Florida.

Reviewer, Missionising Europe: The Ahmadiyya Quest for Adaptive Globalization 1900-

1965. Gerdien Jonker. Brill

Reviewer. Muslims at the Margins of Europe: Finland, Greece, Ireland and Portugal. Ed.

By Tuomas Martikausen, José Mapril, and Adil H. Khan. Brill.

Reviewer. Muslims at the Margins of Europe: Finland, Greece, Ireland and Portugal. Ed.

By Tuomas Martikausen, José Mapril, and Adil H. Khan. Brill.

Reviewer, Elijah Muhammad and Islam by Herbert Berg. New York University Press,

2009. The Oxford Journal of Islamic Studies. 2011

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Reviewer, Becoming American? by Yvonne Haddad. Baylor University Press, 2011.

A Muslim American Slave by Ala Alryyes. The University of Wisconsin Press, 2011.

Arab Detroit 9/1: Life in the Terror Decade. Edited by nabell Abraham, Sally Howell,

and Andrew Shryock. Wayne State University Press, 2011. CHOICE, 2011.

Reviewer, “Islamic Finance: Back to the Spiritual Roots of Capitalism” (manuscript

review). Routledge. 2010.

Reviewer, “Representin’ Women: Signification of Women’s Bodies in Muslim Hip-

Hop.” The Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion. 2010.

Reviewer, Journey into America: The Challenge of Islam by Akbar Ahmed. Brookings.

2010.

Reviewer, “The Cultural Roots of American Islamicism,” (Book review). The Journal of

World History (volume 21, issue no.1). 2009.

Reviewer, “Black Mecca” Abdullah, Zain, (manuscript review) Oxford University Press,

2009.

Reviewer, Contesting Justice: Women, Islam, Law and Society by Ahmed Souaiaia for

Journal of Law and Religion, Hamline University School of Law, 2009.

Reviewer, Hijab & the Republic: Uncovering the French Headscarf Debate byWinter,

Bronwyn, for CHOICE, 2009.

Reviewer, Questioning the Veil: Open Letters to Muslim Women by Marnia, Lazreg, for

CHOICE, 2009.

Reviewer, Chicago Crescent, Monthly-Newspaper of the Council of Islamic

Organizations of Greater Chicago, February 2009.

“Bridging America and the Muslim World.” Aminah McCloud. Published in Common

Ground News (Weekly News Service concerning Muslim-Western Relations.) 2008

“Mapping of Islamic Education: Evolution of Themes, Continuity, and Change.” (Blind

Review) for Routledge Editorial Review. 2008

“Elections, Alliances, and Terror? Islamist Mobilization Strategies and the Turkish

State.” (Blind Review) for International Political Science Review. 2008

“Sufis on Parade.” (Blind Review) Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 2008

“African ‘Soul Brothers’ in the ‘Hood: Islam, Immigration and the Black Encounter.”

(Blind Review) for Anthropological Quarterly. 2008

“Divine Speech from the African Mother of the Arabs: Hagar (Hajira) the Wealthy.”

(Blind Review) for American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (AJISS). 2008

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Islam and Black Theodicy – Sherman Jackson. Oxford University Press.

Muslim Women in America – Yvonne Haddad, Jane Smith and Kathleen Moore. Oxford

Journal of Islamic Studies.

Black Religion in the Nation of Islam – Edward Curtis for The Journal of Religion.

The Cultural Roots of American Islamicism – Timothy Marr for Journal of American

Ethnic History. 2007.

“Five Percenters” (manuscript) for Oneworld Press. London, 2006.

“Muslims in America” (book proposal) for Blackwell Publishing. Oxford. 2006

Islam in Urban America: Sunni Muslims in Chicago – by Garbi Schmidt for Centre for

the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, University of Birmingham. 2005.

“Counseling Muslims in North America” (Blind Review) for Journal of Muslim Mental

Health, Routledge, 2005.

The Future of Islam – by Bruce Lawrence, for Blackwell Publishing, 2005.

Engaged Surrender: African American Muslim Women and Islam – by Carolyn Moxley

Rouse, for Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. 2004.

Islam in Urban America: Sunni Muslims in Chicago. By Garbi Schmidt, for The Muslim

World. 2004.

Muslims: Islam in the West in the 21st Century. Book proposal review for Laurence King

Publishing LTD. London. 2003.

Muslims in the United States by Karen Leonard. 2003

Black Pilgrimage to Islam by Robert Dannin. 2003.

“American Muslim Discourses and Practices” for Comparative Studies in Society and

History. 2002.

Inside the Nation of Islam by Vibert White. For University Press of Florida. 2001.

Between Cross and Crescent: Christian and Muslim Perspectives on Malcolm and Martin

by Lewis Baldwin and Amiri YaSin Al-Hadid. University Press of Florida. 2001.

Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas by Sylviane A. Diouf and

African Muslims in Antebellum America: Translatlantic Stories and Spiritual Struggles

by Allan D. Austin. The Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 2000.

Islam in Black America: An Islam for Our People or For All. By Edward Curtis. State

University of New York Press. October, 2000.

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Rethinking Muslim Women and the Veil: Challenging Feminist Discourse. Duke

University Press, October, 2000.

Deconstructing the American Mosque: Space, Gender and Aesthetics by Akel Kahera.

University of Texas Press. May, 2000.

“Finding a Female Identity in Islam: A Comparison of Feminist Exegesis in Islam and

Christianity From Sarah Grimke to Leila Ahmed.” The Journal of Islamic Law and

Culture. 2000

“The Muslim Religious Right (Fundamentalists) and Sexuality.” The Journal of Feminist

Studies in Religion, Inc. 2000.

The Narrator’s Religion in Arabic Slave Narratives in Antebellum America. Islam and

Christian-Muslim Relations. 1999.

Competing Visions of Islam in the United States: A Study of Los Angeles, by Kambiz

GhaneaBassiri. American Journal of Sociology. May, 1999.

Reassessing Polygamy. Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, Inc, April, 1999.

Black Muslims in the New World: Approaches Towards a New Understanding of African

American Islam. Contours. Duke University 1999.

Keeping Secrets and Making It Plain. Contours. Duke University 1999.

Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas by Sylviane Diouf and

African Muslims in Antebellum America by Allan Austin. Journal of American Academy

of Religion. (Joint book review). 1999

Islam and History. Steven Warshaw. Self Publisher. 1997

Muslim Communities in North America. Edited by Yvonne Haddad and Jane Smith.

Journal of Church and State. 1995.

Women in The Qur'an, Traditions and Interpretations. Barbara F. Stowasser. Islam in

America. 1995

Answering Islam: The Crescent in Light of the Cross. Norman L. Geisler and Abdul

Saleeb. Journal of Ecumenical Studies. Spring, 1995.

Islam Towards a Christian Assessment. Hugh Goddard. Islam in America. Aryeh Meir

and Reuven Firestone. In The Footsteps of Muhammad: Understanding the Islamic

Experience. John Renard. Joint Review. Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Spring 1994.

Christ in Islam and Christianity. Neal Robinson, Journal of Ecumenical Studies.

December, 1992.

Qur'anic Christians. Jane McAuliffe, Journal of Ecumenical Studies. December, 1992

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Muslim Ethics and Modernity. Sheila McDonough, Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Fall,

1985.

Scholarly Presentations

International

Presenter, in International forum on MeK in Paris, France as part of American Delegation

which included former and current U.S. Congress member along with military

commanders and other academics, June 25-July 1, 2014.

Presenter, Oxford Symposium on Religious Studies. December 2-4, 2013. “Violent Acts

and their Consequences in London and Boston.”

Major speaker, Brill Conference, research on Muslims in the West, held at University of

Copenhagen. April, 2011. Presented talk on “Muslims in America.

Keynote Speaker, “Islam and Multiculturalism: Appreciate the Past, Living the Present

and Challenging the Future” Conference at Al-Qasemi Academy. Baqa El-Gharbeyye,

Israel, April 2009. (Paper sent)

Presenter. “Political Islam in the US: An Overview.” International Conference “Muslim-

Government Relations in Changing Security Contexts: Prospects for Transformation.”

London, England. June 2008

Presented, Religious Institutions and Religious Practice. International Conference

“Muslim-Government Relations in Changing Security Contexts: Prospects for

Transformation.” London, England. June 2007

“The Terrorism of Language.” Conference on Terrorism and Extremism. Ibn Saud

University. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. April 22-24, 2004.

“Islam in America Since 9/11.” Presented ½ workshop in Reforms, Innovation and

Change meeting for German National Academic Foundation. October 9, 2004.

Terrorism, presented in Italian Parliament. Conference convened under the auspices of

NGOs, Human Rights Organization. October 3, 1996. Rome, Italy.

Chairperson, Panel "African and African American Muslim Women," Conference on

African and African American Women to be held in Egunu, Nigeria. July 12-22,1992.

Muslim Identity in View of Bush's New World Order. Karachi, Pakistan, January 1992

Muslim Social Scientists.

Islam in America. International Interreligious Dialogue, Koblenz, West Germany, 1986

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National

American Muslims at a Crossroads? University of Kentucky, Lexington Kentucky April

20, 2017

Communities of the Qur’ān: Modern and Classical Interpretations of Islamic Scripture.

“African American Communities of the Qur’ān.” Rice University, Houston texas, March

10-11, 2016

A Conversation on Jewish and Islamic Law. DePaul University Law School. Event

hosted by Muslim Law Students in conversation with Professor Roberta Kwall, Co-

founder and director of DePaul Center for Jewish Law & Judaic Studies. November 19,

2015.

Aug. 29-Sept. 1, 2014: ISNA (Islamic Society of North America) 51st Annual

Convention, Talk: “So, Where is God in All of This?. Detroit, Michigan.

*September 27, 2014. Sisters Nurturing Sisters (Homeless organization for Muslim

Women. Annual Fundraiser. Chicago, Illinois. Keynote: “The Status of Homelessness.”

*December 27,2014. “Ferguson is Our Issue.” Chicago Illinois. MAS-ICNA. (Muslim

American Society-Islamic Conference of North America)

Keynote Speaker, Bridging Cultures. NEH Initiative. University of Wisconsin at

Milwaukeee. Oct. 9, 2013

Keynote Speaker. Shaykha Fest – Forum for women Islamic Scholars in US and Europe.

June, 10, 2013. South Brunswick, New Jersey.

Speaker. “Engaging Islam and Muslims” Symposium at Marquette University,

Milwaukee, WI March 19, 2013.

Colloquium for Federal Investigative Services on Muslim cultures. March, 2013.

Forum Participant, “Muslim Immigrant Women in the United States” Project. Rutgers

University, March 2011.

Panelist, “Who We (They) Are: Muslim Identity in America and Europe in the 21st

Century” Conference. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. February 2011.

Honored Guest Scholar and Panelist, “Islamic Africa’s Legacy of Literacy and Music to

America and the World,” National Forum and workshop, International Museum of

Muslim Cultures in collaboration with Tougaloo College. Jackson, Mississippi, February,

2011.

Keynote Speaker, American Muslim Social Scientist Annual Conference, September,

2009. Charlottesville, Virginia. University of Virginia.

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Participant, Hartford Seminary, Engaged Scholars Conference. Tennesee. November,

2009.

Panelist, “Going Public on Religion: Paradise or Pitfall?” Special Topics Forum, AAR

Committee on the Public Understanding of Religion. San Diego, California, 2007.

“Islamophobia” University of Pennsylvania. Islamic Awareness Week. October 24, 2007.

“Homegrown Terrorism and Radicalization,” The Critical Incident Analysis Group,

Charlottesville, Virginia. April 1-3, 2007.

“Mosques and the West.” Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture symposium at

MIT. April 21, 22 2006.

Panel on Islam and Sub-Saharan Africa. New York University Africa House. September,

2006.

“Islam in America: Finding Common Ground.” Keynote Speaker. Drake University.

September 9-10, 2005.

“Interreligious Study and Dialogue.” University of Southern Maine. June 22-24, 2005.

“Muslims in America.” Brigham Young University. March 17-19, 2005.

“Teaching About Islam in America.” Workshop series at Dar Islam. Albuquerque, New

Mexico. July9-July 12, 2004.

“Islam in America: Post 9/11.” Winona State University. October, 2003.

“Islam in America: Post 9/11.” University of Arkansas. King Fahd Center for Islamic and

Middle Eastern Studies. September 26, 2003.

“A Challenging Intellectual Heritage: A Look at the Social and Political space of African

American Muslims” in Islam in America. Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson

Foundation. June, 2003.

“Islam in the African and African American Experience.” Ohio State University. May 4,

2002.

Response to “Muslims in America: Identity, Diversity and the Challenge of

Understanding” by Sam Afridi. Audio-press conference hosted by Carnegie Corporation.

New York City, New York. November 28, 2001.

U.S. State Department – Open Forum. “The Muslim World’s View of the United States.

Washington, DC. October, 2000.

“Unity and Diversity in Muslim society.” Islam and society in the Twenty-first Century.

Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. October 13-15, 2000.

”Islam in America – A Story.” Westminster American Muslim Association. White Plains,

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NY. October 1, 2000.

“The Role of Islamic Centers in Political Empowerment.” Talk given July 8, 2000 at the

American Muslim Council’s 9th National Convention. Washington, D.C.

“The Development of Islam in the 20th Century.” Conference on the Growth and

Development of Islam in America. Harvard University. March 3-4, 2000.

The First Amendment Center on behalf of the Council on Islamic Education and the First

Amendment Center. California. November 20, 2000.

"Malcolm X from an Islamic Perspective." Paper given at Penn State University,

February, 1999.

Modernity and Postmodernity: Challenges to the Muslim World. Paper given at Stanford

University, April 6, 1999.

Crossing Borders: The Lives of American Muslim Women; New Ways of Interpreting

Islamic Texts; The African American Expression of the Public and Private in Islam, a

series of graduate seminars at The Department of Near Eastern Studies, Rackham

Graduate School, University of Michigan. October 24-26, 1997.

Islam in America: the Perspective of American Muslim Women, The Commonwealth

Club, San Francisco, CA. October 6, 1994.

Presenter, symposium: "Muslim Women's Voices." The University of Georgia. Athens,

GA., June 4, 1994.

African American Muslim Women in the Academy. Massachusetts Institute of

Technology. February, 1994.

"Islam in America." Emory University - Chandler School of Theology. November, 1993.

African American Islam and the Jewish Community. Presented at conference on Muslim-

Jewish Dialogue. University of Denver, Institute for Islamic-Judaic Studies. October 24,

1993.

Feminist Scholarship in the American Context and How the Issues Raised can be

Approached from an Islamic Perspective. The American Muslim Social Scientist

meeting. University of Michigan, October 31, 1992.

Women in Islam. The Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture. New York, NY.

May 30, 1992.

The State of Islam in America. March, 1991 at Manhattan College.

Muslims in America. March, 1991 at Oberlin College, Department of Religion.

African American Muslim Homes in Philadelphia: A Space of Cultural Formation and

Separation. Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, November,

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1990.

Education and Contemporary Challenges in the Islamic World. Princeton University

May, 1989.

Domestic Space Among Muslims in America. Social Science Research Council, New

York. May, 1988.

African American Muslim Women. American Academy of Religion, Islamic Studies

Section, October, 1988.

Using Foucaultian Methodology to look at Communities of Women. Drew University,

October, 1988.

African American Muslim Women. Conference on Muslims in America. The University

of Massachusetts, April, 1988.

Local

Speaker, “Muslim women and Social Justice,” April, 2017 at Islamic Foundation,

Villa Park, Il. CIOGC sponsor.

Speaker, “Islam in Middle America.” Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, March

2011.

Presenter. “Islam in America.” The National Workshop on Christian Unity. Chicago, IL.

April 2008.

Presenter. “Islam in America.” Islamic Center of Milwaukee Visiting Students Program.

Milwaukee, WI. August, 2008.

“Transnational Muslims in American Society.” Beloit College. October 9, 2007.

Ten Commandments in Islamic Thought. University of Wisconsin. April 13, 2006.

“Women in Islam.” Muslim Heritage Celebrations. DePaul University. May 4, 2007.

“Transnational Muslims in American Society.” Beloit College. October 9, 2007.

“Iqbal’s Shikwah” – Video. Filmed at DePaul University. Pandagroove Productions.

2007.

“Christian and Islamic Journeys & Quests.” Catholic Theological Union. Chicago,

Illinois. April 27, 2007.

Ten Commandments in Islamic Thought. University of Wisconsin. April 13, 2006.

”Muslim Women in America.” Workshop at Conference. Lutheran School of Theology at

Chicago. September 23, 2006.

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Presented, “Focus on Development in Iraq: Legal Education Reform & Human Rights

Law” Illinois Society for International Development Series, June 8, 2004.

“Challenges in Interfaith Youth Work.” Presented on panel- Critical Issues in Interfaith

Work. Interfaith Youth Core. DePaul University. May 17th, 2004.

“The Quandary of American Islams: Muslim World Culture and American Muslim

Communities.” April 15, 2004. American Islams Conference. University of Illinois at

Chicago.

“The Global Connections of Our Collective Destiny.” Lecture given at Northeastern

Illinois University. January 29, 2002.

“Many Paths, One Destination: Hope.” Northeastern Illinois University, November 12.

2001.

“The Historical Significance of Juneteenth.” Talk, Harvey Islamic Center, June 19, 2001.

“Islam” for adult forum. St. Paul’s United Church of Christ. April Forum. April 1, 8,

22,29, 2001

“The Muslim Patient” for the Operational Ethics Committee, Westlake Hospital. March

28, 2001.

“The Worldview of Islam.” Lecture given as part of EKKLESIA’s fall lecture series “The

Power of Understanding Opens Hearts.” St. Giles McDonough Hall, Oak Park, Il.

November 8, 2000.

”Polygamy: Is It The Answer to the African American Family Crisis?” The Media

Connection, Chicago Access Corporation Studio. November 5, 2000.

A Crisis in the Ummah: Race Relations Among Muslims, presented at First Conference

of North American Association of Muslim Professionals and Scholars. Chicago, April 9,

1993.

Scholarly Meetings

Keynote Speaker, “Islamic Traditions and Comparative Modernities” CFP-AMSS 38th

Annual Conference, September 2009.

Participant, “The Azhar and the West”, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, June 28-30,

2009.

Panelist, “Black Atlantic Religions Mobile Bodies: Living Traditions” DePaul

University, Chicago, Illinois, May 22, 2009

Panelist, “Perspectives on Spirituality: A Conversation on Religion and Women”,

February, 2009.

Presenter, Capitol Hill Conference Series on U.S. Middle East policy, January 2009.

Focus Group, Project Contributor, and Participating Member of Interfaith Project.

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“Toward a Contemporary Muslim Theology of World Religions.” Istanbul, Turkey.

December 15-17, 2008.

Panelist. “Women Studying Across Religions.” Center for Interreligious Engagement,

DePaul University. April, 2008.

Speaker. Community Builders West: Forum on Islamophobia. February 2008.

Magazine Interview: Slate Magazine. Diversity within the American Muslim Population

Among African-American Muslims. June 2008.

Panelist. Special Television Series, “Race, Faith and Politics.” WYCC-TV. August

2008.

Panelist. International Conference “Tolerant Islam vs. Fundamentalism.” Paris, France.

September 2008

Contributor, participant. Development meetings for Interfaith Initiative. “Toward a

Contemporary Muslim Theology of World Religions.” Ifrane, Morocco. May 27-29,

2007.

Moderator, Panel on The Portrayal of Arab Americans. Middle East Studies Association.

Washington, D.C. 2005.

Moderator, Panel on African American Islam in Honor of C. Eric Lincoln. AAR, San

Antonio, Texas, November 22, 2004.

Participant, American Anthropological Association. Paper: “The Islamic Concept of

Time.” November 17-21, 1999

Participant, workshop on “Muslims in American Public Square.” Georgetown University,

September 25, 1999.

Participant, Advisory board. “This Far by Faith”. Blackside, Boston, MA. October, 1999.

Participant, conference on Islam in the West, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.

September 26-28, 1997

Participant, panel on "Beyond the Parliament of Religions: The Chicago Metropolitan

Interreligious Initiative." American Academy of Religion. November 20, 1994.

Participant, forum on "Religion and the Media." Loyola University. Chicago, IL June 9,

1994.

Coordinator, mini-conference for scholars on "Islam in America." DePaul University,

April, 1994.

Moderator, panel on "Muslim Women." Parliament of the World's Religions. Chicago,

1993.

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Panel coordinator, "Politics and Scholarship of Gender." 21st Annual Conference of The

Association of Muslim Social Scientists. East Lansing , Mich. October 31, 1992.

Coordinator, panel on "Women in Islam." American Muslim Social Scientists,

conference. October 31, 1992. University of Michigan.

"Islamic Studies in America." American Muslim Social Scientists Annual Meeting.

Detroit, 1991.

Media Presentations

Interview: French TV Channel ?. Islam in America. 2010.

Interview: The Associated Press. “The Assimilated Terrorist: An Outsider No Longer.”

National AP/Race & Ethnicity. May, 2010.

Interview: Medill News Service. “Latino Muslims in Chicago.” May 2010.

Interview: Message From the East. Documentary Film. Endless Eye Productions. 2009.

Interview: The Michael Eric Dyson Show, April 9, 2009

Moderator, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, “What a Billion Muslims Really Think”

film and panel discussion, November, 2009

Coordinator. Islamic World Studies Program Town Hall Series: Image and Reality:

“Faith Behind Bars.” March 2008.

Interview: WURD Radio. Islam in America. 2008

Islam: Image and Reality Town Hall Series: “Faith Behind Bars.” March 2008.

Expert, “Dealing with Diversity,” TV taping at Governors State University. University

Park, Illinois, 2007.

Interview: Newsweek magazine. Muslims in America. 2007.

“Prayer in America” video for the Duncan Group and Iowa Public television. November,

2007.

Consultant and on camera interview. The History and Impact of Prayer on American

Society. The Duncan Group in partnership with Iowa Public Television. Based on James

P. Moore’s One Nation Under God. In progress.

Panelist – “Page One” – Chicago Humanities Festival. 2004.

Interview: Bill Mahers Show. 2004

Interview: Bill Mahers Show. 2005

Panelist. “Who Speaks for Islam?” LINK TV, February 5, 2005.

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Organizer of “Media and the Middle East – A Town Hall Meeting.” June 6, 2001 at

DePaul University. To be broadcast September 16, 2001 on CAN-TV channel 19.

The Middle East. ABC Sunday News Special. May, 1999.

Appeared as representative of Council of Islamic Organizations in Chicago and Islamic

scholar from DePaul University on PBS Special on Chicago Matters, April 8, 1996.

Appeared as Islamic scholar on Lehrer News Hour, March 14, 1996.

Producer, "Introduction to Islam." Multimedia computer project for university teaching.

DePaul University, 1993.

Other Professional Activities

Advisory Panel member, Speaker, and Project Planner: Reflections of Ourselves:

Showcasing North American Muslim Women Writers and Artists. The Center for Women

in Government & Civil Society at the University of Albany in New York, with the

University of Toronto, August 2010 – Present.

Contributer, Islam on Main Street Project, online training course for journalists. Topic:

“Islam and African Americans.” Carnegie Foundation, 2010.

Speaker, “The History of African American Muslims,” Town Hall Meeting. Muslim

Public Affairs Council (MPAC). 2010.

Panel participant, “The Multiracial History of Muslims in America: Contact, Encounters,

and Alliances” Conference. University of Illinois at Carbondale. 2010.

Presenter on the Islamic World Studies Program at DePaul University, State Department

Delegation from Saudi Arabia, Saudi Ministry of Education. May 2009.

Participant, “Building Institutions, Creating Change” Conference, Women’s Islamic

Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE). Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, 2009.

Panel participant, Perspectives on Spirituality” DePaul University Cultural Center,

March 11, 2009.

Book Endorsement. Louay Safi. The Qur’anic Narrative: The Journey of Life as

Rehearsed in the Qur’an. 2008.

Speaker. Zaytuna Institute: Minara Program: “Challenges to Domestic Harmony.”

Chicago, IL. 2008

Guest Speaker. CAIR-MN Annual Banquet. Minnesota, November, 2008.

Participant, “On Message: Communications Strategy and Professional Development

Session.” Fenton Communications, Strategic Communications Center (SCC). San

Francisco, California, June 2007.

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Coordinator. Islamic World Studies Program Town Hall Series: “Has America Forgotten

Kuwait? Our Ally in the Gulf.” DePaul University November, 2007.

Panelist. “Understanding Islam in the Modern World.” University of Chicago. May 25,

2006.

Presenter. “The Mosque in the West,” symposium. Aga Khan Program for Islamic

Architecture. MIT April 21-22, 2006.

Board member, Radio Islam. 2005.

Legal Consultations, Consultations, External Reviews

Judge, “One Chicago, One Nation Online Film Contest.” Link TV. May 2010.

External Assessor, for Professor Sherman Jackson seeking the King Faisal Chair in

Islamic Thought and Culture at the University of Southern California. May 2010.

Current Member Brill Editorial Board. American Series Editor, Muslim Minorities. Brill.

(Ongoing)

Editor in Chief, Journal of Islamic Law and Culture. 1995-Present.

Legal Consult, Yerman Group, LLC, New York, New York, January 2009.

External Assessor, for Professor Israr Ahmad Khan seeking promotion to full-professor

International Islamic University Malaysia, 2009.

Consultant for panel organization and topic discussions. MANA Annual Conference.

2008.

Consultation on video script proposal for a documentary on the Qur’an for use in High

Schools. 2008.

Editor/Contributor. Routledge Handbook on Political Islam Proposal. Current Project

2008.

Academic Consultant on Effect of Bush Administration’s post-9/11 policies on the

Muslim & Arab communities in Detroit and Dearborn, MI. Joseph Margulies,

Northwestern University Law School. June 2008.

Consultant, Hamdard Center for Health and Human Services, DuPage Bar Training,

Illinois. 2009.

Legal Consult, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago. November – December 2009.

Academic Consultant. Olivier Moos, PhD candidate Fribourg University, Switzerland-

EHESS, Paris, France. Research Consultation pertinent to candidate Dissertation. (2009)

External Reviewer. Tenure for Professor Zoharah Simmons. University of Florida,

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2008.

Consultant. American Academy of Religion. Meetings with FBI officials and prison

chaplaincy directors. November, 2007.

Participant. Muslim Task Force. Chicago Council on Global Relations (formerly Council

on Foreign Relations) 2006-2007

Advisor, America at A Crossroads PBS Series to air April 15-20, 2007

Academic Consultant. Saint Xavier University for conference on Muslim women to be

held in November, 2006.

External reviewer. Tenure for Professor Muqtedar Khan. University of Delaware, 2006.

Expert Witness for Connor & Fletcher Attorneys at Law. Re: Muhammad v. Islamic

Society of Orange County, et al. O.C. Sup. Ct. Case No 04CC02268. 2006. (Title VII).

External reviewer. Promotion to full professor for Professor Amina Wadud. Virginia

Commonwealth University, 2006.

Expert Witness for Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Attorneys at Law. Re: Bacha

Amin, A95-956-933. NYC0301002909. (Asylum Application). 2005.

Academic Consultant. EastWest Institute (Brussels, Moscow, New York, Prague) on

“Educating All Americans about Islam and Muslims.” Began in 2004 and I am now the

chair of the Task Force in 2005.

Academic Consultant and Community Leader to the Chicago Council on Foreign Affairs

Task Force on “The Civic Integration of American Muslims and their Role in U.S.

Relations with the Muslim World. 2005.

Academic Consultant, Catholic-Muslim Studies Program at The Joseph Cardinal

Bernardin Center. Pastoral Care, June, 2004.

Consultant, the Center for Religious Architecture. March, 2004.

Peer Reviewer. American Council of Learned Societies. 2000 – 2004.

Expert consultant, Just Neighbors Ministry, Inc. Arlington, VA. Immigration Case. 2004.

“Rabah v Rabah.” Criminal and divorce case. Acted as Islamic legal expert. (Chicago

2004)

“Khan v Khan.” Divorce case. Acted as Islamic legal expert. 2000

Consultant. U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service – Midwest Region.

Mosque building dispute, Morton Grove, IL. May, 2004

Expert consultant, Shahena Begum Khan – application for resident status. Catholic Legal

Immigration Network, Inc. 2004

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Expert consultant, Small, et al v. New York Transit Authority 03 cv 2139 (RJD). Scott,

Mason-Kinsey & Hart LLP. 2004

Expert consultant, Ambreen Ali v. U.S. Immigration Services, Sidley Austin Brown &

Wood. 2004

Expert consultant, Wawdiwala v. CTA. Wrongful death case. Corby & Demetrio

Associates. 2003.

Expert consultant, Johnson, et al. v. Overton, et al. Constitutional 1st Amendment case.

Michigan ACLU. 2003

Expert Consultant, Ara v Kamal case. Divorce case. For Life Span Center for Legal

Advocacy. 2001

Board member, Feminist Sexual Ethics: Creating Debate on How to Respect the Full

Human Dignity of All Persons. Brandeis University.

Academic Consultant, Islam in America. Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Executive Board Member of Boston Healing Landscape Project, Boston University

School of Medicine

Academic advisor to Council on Islamic Education.

Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. Georgetown University

Project Affiliate – Muslims in the Midwest, The Pluralism Project. Harvard University.

Ford Foundation – Grant to study Muslims in United States, 1999.

Nomadic Pictures. Consultation on documentary built on Karen Armstrong’s text A

History of God. (2000)

Blackside TV Productions. Consultations on This Far by Faith. PBS documentary to air

Fall, 2000.

National Research Council – refereeing as a member of the History, Philosophy &

Religious Studies panel to evaluate applications for the Ford Foundation. 2000.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital – Arab/Islamic traditions related to dying and grieving

for the Palliative Care and Home Hospice staff. 2000

Cook County District Attorney’s Office. Acted as expert on Islam in death penalty case

State of Illinois v Cortez Brown. 1999

Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis – legal consultation involving Muslim prisoners. 1999.

Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions. Consultation and designing exhibition

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posters for Parliament in South Africa 1999.

Reader on dissertation: American Medina: A Study of the Sunni Muslim Immigrant

Communities in Chicago. Ph.D. dissertation for Garby Schmidt at University of Lund,

Sweden. 1998.

Awards & Grants

Research Grant, DePaul University, to work on manuscript – History of Arab

Americans: exploring Diverse Roots, Winter 2017.

SSRC Spheres Grant

Nomination of Transnational American Muslims for Zora Neale Hurston-Richard Wright

Award in non-fiction literature, 2006.

“In a Class By Themselves” Media Award from DePaul University Media Relations.

September, 2006.

4th Recipient of the Dr. Betty Shabazz Award. Awarded June 26, 2005.

Research/ Leave Grant, DePaul University. Fall, 2001 for work on The Nation of Islam:

A Closer Look.

Research Grant, DePaul University LA&S Faculty Research and Development Grant for

research on Immigrant American Islam. (2000)

Graham Foundation Grant for Architecture in Exploring Muslim Cultures (2000)

Office of Sponsored Programs and Research Matching Grant for Exploring Muslim

Cultures (2000)

Instruction Grant, DePaul University Quality of Instruction Council for Instructors

Retreat to work on courses for Exploring Muslim Cultures Project (1999)

Illinois Humanities Grant for Exploring Muslim Cultures (1999)

Vincentian Award for Exploring Muslim Cultures (1999)

Ford Foundation for project on Civil Rights and African American Muslims (1999)

Grant from DePaul University’s Center for the Study of Values (1999)

Fulbright Scholar Award to teach and research in Morocco. 1995-1996

Conference Grant, DePaul University Research Council1995

Conference Grant, DePaul University Research Council1994

Research Grant, DePaul University Research Council1993

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Instruction Grant, DePaul University Instruction Council 1993