Jamila Hussain
Jamila Hussain (1942, Katoomba - 31 August 2016, Sydney) was a Muslim community leader in Australia and an academic at the University of Technology Sydney.
Biography[edit]
Born in 1942 in Katoomba, New South Wales, she studied at the University of Sydney. She married a Chinese Muslim man and studied Shariah law in Malaysia. Widowed in 1994, she returned to Australia and pursued a career as community leader, commentator, and academic.[1] She was the author of Islam, Its Law and Society.[2][3] She died in 2016. Her public commentary on Islam, Sharia and its place in Australia appeared in Sydney Morning Herald,[4][5] SBS [6] and in interviews on the ABC.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Media, AMUST (25 September 2016). "Jamila Hussain, an Australian Muslim Pioneer".
- ^ a b "Second Hour: Jamila Hussain :: Sunday Nights". www.abc.net.au.
- ^ "Dr Jamila Hussain". ABC Radio National. 15 October 2009.
- ^ Hussain, Jamila (23 September 2014). "Sharia 101: a user's guide for Jacqui Lambie". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ Hussain, Jamila (24 November 2008). "Islam at a cultural crossroad". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "What is Sharia law?". News.
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