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American philosopher and legal scholar
Azizah Y. al-Hibri
al-Hibri in 2012
Born1943 (age 81–82)
EducationB.A., philosophy, American University of Beirut, 1966
Ph.D., philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1975
J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1985
Occupation(s)Philosopher, legal scholar

Azizah Y. al-Hibri (Arabic: عزيزة يحيى الهبري; born 1943) is an American philosopher and legal scholar who specializes in Islam and law.

Biography

Al-Hibri is professor emerita at the T. C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond. She is a former professor of philosophy, founding editor of Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, and founder and president of KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights. A Fulbright 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 documentary Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet (2002), produced by Unity Productions Foundation.

Al-Hibri is a member of the advisory board of various organizations, including the Pew Forum on Religion in Public Life, the Pluralism Project Harvard University, and Religion & Ethics Newsweekly (PBS). She is also a member of the Constitution Project's Liberty and Security Committee. In June 2011, al-Hibri was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.

She also wrote the third chapter of Transforming the Faiths of our Fathers: Women who Changed American Religion (2004), edited by Ann Braude.

Al-Hibri is the grandchild of Sheik Toufik El Hibri who established the first Scout movement in the Arab world.

Sources

  • "Shattering the Stereotypes: Muslim Women Speak Out" (2005)

References

  1. "Azizah Y. al-Hibri", University of Richmond.
  2. "President Obama Appoints Professor al-Hibri to U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom", USCIRF, June 8, 2011. Retrieved on January 16, 2015.
  3. Table of Contents: Transforming the faiths of our fathers. Catalog.lib.uchicago.edu. ISBN 978-1-4039-6460-1. Retrieved 2015-04-14.

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