WORDE Reports

WORDE Report October 10, 2012  | Authors: Hedieh Mirahmadi, Mehreen Farooq, Waleed Ziad Rising extremism in Pakistan has drawn attention to the need for greater engagement with moderate Muslim networks and civil society organizations that can effectively counter radical narratives and decrease the pool of recruits for militant organizations. In Pakistan’s Civil Society: Alternative Channels [...]

In fifteen centuries, Islam has never sanctioned any form of family violence. How then did this scourge become widespread in the Muslim community? As in other religions, Islamic law forbids such practices has been systematically decontextualized by patriarchal scholars whose dogma dismisses the socially inclusive, inalienable rights bestowed upon women by Islam.

WORDE Report | Authors: Hedieh Mirahmadi with Mehreen Farooq As America faces a growing threat of homegrown terrorism, it is increasingly essential that Muslim communities and policymakers collaborate to undercut radical ideologies that lead to violent extremism. In one of the first Muslim-led initiatives, WORDE’s publication explores ways that Muslim communities and policymakers can create [...]

WORDE Report | Authors: Hedieh Mirahmadi, Mehreen Farooq, Waleed Ziad Pakistan, an important South Asia regional ally of the US, is home to approximately 175 million Muslims, the vast majority of which practice moderate traditional Islam and reject the Al-Qaeda/Taliban’s brand of religion. To effectively counter the rise of religious extremism or “Talibanism” as it [...]

Mehreen Farooq Developing FATA, A White Paper for USAID was presented to the US Government’s interagency Afghanistan-Pakistan Task Force on the challenges in implementing effective US development assistance in Pakistan’s Frontier. December 2009 The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan is the center stage of the US War on Terror in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. [...]