by HEART Team | Jul 13, 2017 | Sex Education, Sexual Violence
Child sexual abuse is a crime that occurs far too frequently. And unfortunately, these instances are often ignored or brushed under the table, particularly in Muslim communities. It is time to break the silence surrounding child sexual abuse, and to gain the...
by HEART Team | Jun 21, 2017 | Mental Well-Being, Sexual Violence
Our hearts and prayers are with the Hassanen family and the ADAMS Center community after the burial of a beautiful young woman by the name of Nabra. Nabra’s tragic death is a loss being felt greatly by the American Muslim community nationwide. Because details of this...
by HEART Team | Jun 12, 2017 | Sexual Violence
by Sameera Qureshi Given the recent events concerning Dar Al-Hijrah and the statements made by Imam Shaker regarding the religious permissibility of female circumcision (i.e. Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting – FGM/C), I feel the strong need to share points of...
by HEART Team | Apr 26, 2017 | Sexual Violence
This letter was originally published by Rape Victim Advocates. It is part of a series by Kat Stuehrk, Northside Prevention Educator at Rape Victim Advocates, developed for the National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s 2017 Sexual Assault Awareness Month...
by HEART Team | Apr 19, 2017 | Sexual Violence
*Trigger warning for sexual abuse by Aya Khalil Five. I was sexually abused at an age where I didn’t even have enough life experience to properly process and identify what was going on. Not by a random stranger. Not by a family member. But by someone whom the...
