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Muslim Women Making a Difference

Can Muslim Women Really Make a Difference?

By IOL Staff

May 17, 2005

On Wednesday May 11, 2005 we spoke to Batool Al-Toma from the UK. She answered our questions about her experience of being a woman – before and after accepting Islam as a way of life - 'Can Muslim Women Really Make a Difference?'

A convert to Islam of 25 years, her main area of interest is religious conversion and in her capacity as coordinator of the New Muslims Project, has established a variety of services related to the overall support, education, and continuing development of converts to Islam in the UK. She is editor of Meeting Point, the newsletter of the New Muslims Project. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Forum against Islamophobia and Racism (FAIR) and a media consultant on Islam and Muslims who has participated in a number of discussion forums addressing a broad selection of related issues. She has, over the past 15 years, played key and leadership roles in both the Young Muslims UK and the Islamic Society of Britain and is currently an assistant Girl Guide leader nationally and works with the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGS). She is married with four children whose ages range from 14 to 21 years.

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