The Amina Wadud (PMUNA advisory board member) media showcase was organized by Progressive Muslim Union Executive Director Ahmed Nassef, in conjunction with the "Asra Nomani Muslim Women's Freedom Tour."
Nomani's book was publicized right along side the Wadud event on the PMU media outlet: "Muslim Wake Up."
Asra Nomani's most recent appearance was with Irshad Manji at a "Forbes Executive Women's Forum."
Interestingly enough, although the forum bills itself as a discussion on Arab women - there were no Arab women on this panel!
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today i read another coloumn about the infamous MS nomani who was claiming to be from one of the most religious families of india.
this was in the The Dawn daily of 22nd april 2005.
Asra Nomani no kin of Allama Shibli
WE were extremely embarrassed to read in ‘Books & Authors’ (April 17) about Asra Nomani, a controversial personality, who claims to be a direct descendant of Allama Shibli, after whom she has named her son. Asra is in no way connected to the Shibli family. We five real granddaughters are the real direct descendants of Maulana Shibli, who had one son and two daughters, Rabia Khatoon and Jannutul Fatima. Both the daughters died in their youth in 1904 and 1909. They were married and their family lived in their ancestral villages in Azamgarh.
Allama Shibli had only one son, Hamid Hassan Nomani. He was born in 1882 and died in 1942. He had no sons but five daughters. They are:
A) Dr Nasim Jehan, retired director of health, Bangladesh, died in Karachi in 1997. She was married to Dr Zafrul Huda of Dhaka University. He died in 1978 at Dhaka. They have one daughter Shahla living in the US.
B) Shamim Jehan, married to Ehtesham Ahmed, who died in Azamgarh in 1982. They have eight sons and seven daughters all married and living in Pakistan, except one, who is in Kuwait.
C) Tahsin Jehan, married to Shaukat Sultan, principal of Shibli College, Azamgarh. He died in 1986. They have three sons and four daughters, living in India, the UAE and Karachi. The above three daughters were married in 1940 at Azamgarh.
D) Mohsina Sultana, married in 1950 to Amanullah Khan, director of industries, India. They have five children, all married, one daughter and three sons living in the US and one son in India.
E) Momna, the youngest, was born in 1935 and married in 1952 to Capt. Khan Sohail Sultan, who retired as general manager of Pan-Islamic Steamship Co., Karachi in 1993, now living in North Nazimabad. They have four sons, all married. Eldest Maj Khalid Sultan, Sitara-i-Jur’at, met ‘Shahadat’ at Siachin in 1992, Capt. Danish Sultan is managing director of Pac Marine Singapore, Wamiq Sultan, MD, living in the US, youngest Capt. Toaha Sultan is serving in the Pakistan Army.
Considering our sentiments and Maulana Shibli’s fame as writer of Seerat-un-Nabi, we hope you will publish this clarification.
MOMNA SOHAIL SULTAN
Karachi
I hope you will welcome this refutation of Irshad Manji:
http://www.examinethetruth.com/manjism/Irshad_Manji_propaganda.htm
I think it is important to present a counterpoising view to provide balance and perspective. I believe that is difference between objective free thinkers and the dogmatic religious zealots Irshad Manji allegedly encountered. Certainly, your website will show the Islamic world that you are different in this regard?
Have you seen this commentary on Asra's book?
http://loga-abdullah.blogspot.com/2010/03/asra-nomani-standing-alone-in-mecca.html
Interested to hear your thoughts.
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