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A Forum on the Religion of  Islam  
Thursday, November 19,  2015  
6:30 pm  
Wauwatosa Library – Firefly  Room  
7635 W. North Ave.   Wauwatosa  
Please join us to learn  about:  
  The history and principles of Islam  
  The meaning of Jihad and Sharia Law  
  The position of women in Islam  
  How ISIS developed  
  And more  
Our Special Guest Speaker is  Ms. Janan Najeeb  
Janan Najeeb, a founding member and  the current President of the Milwaukee 
Muslim  
Women’s Coalition has been a  spokeswoman for Milwaukee’s Muslim community 
to media  
outlets, government officials,  interfaith leaders, academic institutions, 
hospitals, and a wide  
range of community groups.  A  microbiologist by profession (UW-Milwaukee), 
Ms. Najeeb left  
her career because of the  tremendous need to bridge the gap between the 
erroneous  
perception of Islam and Muslims in  society and the actual beliefs and 
practices of the vast  
majority of the world’s  Muslims.  Ms. Najeeb serves on many committees and 
community  
boards as well as being an adjunct  professor at Cardinal Stritch 
University in Milwaukee,  
teaching the Religious Culture of  Islam.  In addition, she directs the new 
Islamic Resource  
Center on the south side of  Milwaukee.  
Janan Najeeb is the recipient of  numerous awards and recognitions 
including the International  
Institute of Wisconsin’s World  Citizen Award, The Wisconsin Community Fund’
s Grantee of the  
Year Award, CAIR’s (Council on  American Islamic Relations) national award 
for activism, ACLU’s  
Special Recognition Award, as well  as being named by Wisconsin Woman 
Magazine as a  
Leader Making a Difference.   Ms. Najeeb is married and has 5 children.  



























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