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<li><a href='http://www.speaking.com/speakerindexes/cross-culturalissues.html'> Cross-Cultural Issues</a><br> <li><a href='http://www.speaking.com/speakerindexes/education.html'> Education</a><br> </ul> <P> FEE CATEGORY*: 5.0k to 10.0k <P> TRAVELS FROM: Colorado </td> <td valign="middle" width=180 align='center'> <div id="speakerlist"> <a href="javascript:video=void(window.open('/speaker/video.html?speakerID=3600','video','height=340,width=440,menubar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=no,status=no'));"><img src="/speaker/images/tv.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" align="absmiddle"> Video</a> <a HREF="/speakers/asmagullhasan.html"> Profile</a> <a HREF="/speakerpages/speakerpages,h/asmagullhasanproducts.html"> Books & Videos</a> <a href="/info_request.php?add=1&first=Asma Gull&last=Hasan">Request This Speaker</a> </div> </td> <td><img src="/newsp/images/spacer.gif" height='30' width='15' align='left'></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign='top' width='852' bgcolor="#ffffff" background="/newsp/images/back.both_sides.gif" align='center'> <br> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 width='90%'> <tr> <td> <ul><h6>Asma Gull Hasan: Books & Videos</h6></ul> <ul> <img src="http://www.speaking.com/clientimages/clientimages,h/hasanasmabook3.jpg" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="15"> <b>American Muslims</b>: The New Generation<br> <p> An Inspiring Account of One Woman's Journey to Reclaim Her Spiritual and Cultural Identity For Asma Hasan, being a Muslim is not merely a matter of birth, but a matter of choice and faith. Hasan's personal relationship with her religion was, and continues to be, a defining element of her life, and through her writing she inspires a new understanding and appreciation of a frequently misunderstood tradition. This is her American story. <p> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0061673757/speakersplatformA/" target="blank">Order Here</a> <br clear="all"> </ul> <br clear="all"> <ul> <img src="http://www.speaking.com/clientimages/clientimages,h/hasanasmabook1.jpg" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="15"> <b>American Muslims</b>: The New Generation<br> <p> Hasan, a 25-year-old American-born Muslim with Pakistani parents, stridently explains the need for greater understanding of Muslims in America, decrying media stereotypes of Muslims as terrorists and fundamentalists. She is especially clear that as a young Muslim woman, she is free to be a feminist. ("Here I am writing a book on Islam in America," she declares. "Do I seem oppressed to you?") She has studied the Qur'an's teachings and decided not to don the hijab, the head covering some Muslim women wear, though she expresses respect for women who choose to do so. Brief chapters present factual information about topics such as the sects of Islam, the Five Pillars and the growth of Islamic schools, as well as Hasan's strong opinions on subjects ranging from what she sees as the anti-Islam lyrics of the Disney film Aladdin to the increasing Muslim presence in America. Hasan argues that American Islam, which lacks the cultural baggage of Islam in other countries, is actually more religiously pure than anywhere else in the worldA"a return to the Qur'an without the influence of pre-Islamic Arab culture." The book has its flaws; Hasan's writing too often favors the rhetorical, and some of her comparisons are unskilled (as when she says that the Five Pillars are "almost like the sacraments in Christianity"). But her insistence upon Islam's fundamental compatibility with American values is well taken, and she provides memorable personal examples throughout. <p> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0826414168/speakersplatformA/" target="blank">Order Here</a> <br clear="all"> </ul> <br clear="all"> <ul> <img src="http://www.speaking.com/clientimages/clientimages,h/hasanasmabook2.jpg" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="15"> <b>Why I Am a Muslim</b><br> <p> "Out of all the cultures in the world... true Islamic values, as embodied in the Qur'an and the life of the Prophet Muhammad, most closely resemble American values." So asserts Hasan, who has devoted much of her adult life—she is not yet 30—to combating anti-Muslim prejudice. As in her first book, American Muslims, she passionately argues against stereotypes and in favor of an Islam that sounds a lot like Reform Judaism or liberal Christianity. This is the Islam she knew growing up in Pueblo, Colo.—an American girl who looked Chicana and attended a Catholic school. Hasan's version of Islam would have appealed to America's founders with its advocacy of human equality, religious tolerance, property rights and self-improvement. It harmonizes just as well with 21st-century America's spiritual inclinations: it is nonjudgmental, inclusive, open-minded, diverse, experiential, emotional and even feminist. "The Prophet Muhammad is personally responsible for the greatest advancement of women's rights in a single time period," she writes, noting that no Islamic justification exists for abuses such as female genital mutilation or stoning adulteresses; these stem from ancient patriarchal traditions that pre-date Islam. Not all American Muslims welcome Hasan's interpretation of their faith or appreciate her enthusiasm for America (she recounts several experiences with such antagonists and suggests that they move to an Islamic country). Unfazed, she counters: "I'll make my own tradition—one that embodies my own American Muslim ethnic culture.[Hasan's italics]" <p> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0007175337/speakersplatformA/" target="blank">Order Here</a> <br clear="all"> </ul> <P> <hr size="1" width="95%"> <blockquote><font size="1" color="#666666">* Please note that while this speaker's specific fee falls within the range posted (for Continental U.S. based events) at the top of this page, fees are subject to change without notice. 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