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		It is time for Muslim women to come together and generate a collective genius, passion, and energy.
		-Daisy Kahn

Women and Religion in the Media

Irish Scholar Reveals who Gandmother of Virgin Mary Was
12/17/2010

The great-grandmother of Jesus, grandmother of the Virgin Mary, was a woman named Ismeria, according to a University of Limerick lecturer/historian who has analyzed Florentine medieval manuscripts. "I don't think any other woman is mentioned" as Mary's grandmother in the Bible, the Limerick-based Catherine Lawless, told Discovery News. "Mary's patrilineal lineage is the only one given."

Heroic, Female and Muslim
12/15/2010

What’s the ugliest side of Islam? Maybe it’s the Somali Muslim militias that engage in atrocities like the execution of a 13-year-old girl named Aisha Ibrahim. ...

Why Elizabeth Edwards Left God Out of Her Last Goodbye
12/09/2010

A dying person's last words are often, and perhaps too easily, held out as the key to understanding all that went before, and so it has been with Elizabeth Edwards.

What's New at The Sister Fund

Welcome to The Sister Fund, Alexie! As Kanyere Eaton has responded to the call to move on to pastor a church congregation, The Sister Fund is delighted to welcome Alexie Torres-Fleming as interim executive director. We are so pleased that this founder and former executive director of Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice has joined us!

About The Sister Fund

At The Sister Fund, we believe that gender- and social-justice work rooted in religious belief has the power to heal. We see Muslim, Christian, Jewish and other religious women who are committed to justice, passionate in their pursuits and clear about their calling as the Healers of Our Time (H.O.T.).