Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur

"There wasn’t a collection of American Muslim women’s writings across ethnic and ideological lines, These women don’t remember a time when they weren’t both American and Muslim, much unlike our parents, who were raised in other countries or in other faith traditions."

"And so I believed,that these limitations were prescribed by Islam, and as a good Muslim girl, I should comply. The reward would be a picture-perfect life, which meant good grades, getting into a great college, marrying a wonderful man, having a baby within two years and then pursuing graduate school. I lived that illusion for many years."

"For the first time, we have a critical mass of American Muslim women who are pioneering American Muslim culture"