Editing Irshad Manji

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'''Irshad Manji''' ( ''‘Irshād Mānjī'' ; born 1968) is a Canadian author, journalist and an advocate of a "reform and progressive" interpretation of Islam. Manji is director of the Moral Courage Project at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Wagner_Graduate_School_of_Public_Service Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_University New York University], which aims to teach young leaders to "challenge political correctness, intellectual conformity and self-censorship."<ref>[http://wagner.nyu.edu/faculty/facultyDetail.php?whereField=facultyID&whereValue=536 Irshad Manji<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> She is also founder and president of Project [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijtihad Ijtihad], a charitable organization promoting a "tradition of critical thinking, debate and dissent" in Islam, among a "network of reform-minded [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslims Muslims] and non-Muslim allies."<ref></ref>

Manji is a well-known [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/criticism_of_Islam critic of traditional mainstream Islam] and was described by ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times The New York Times]'' as "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden Osama bin Laden]'s worst nightmare".<ref name=NYT20031004> </ref> 

Manji’s  most recent book, ''Allah, Liberty and Love'' was released in June 2011 in the US, Canada and other countries.  On Manji's website, the book is described: "''Allah, Liberty and Love'' shows all of us how to reconcile faith and freedom in a world seething with repressive dogmas. Manji’s key teaching is "moral courage," the willingness to speak up when everyone else wants to shut you up. This book is the ultimate guide to becoming a gutsy global citizen."<ref name="Irshad Manji's Official Website">[http://www.irshadmanji.com/ Irshad Manji's Official Website]</ref>

Manji's previous book, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trouble_with_Islam_Today The Trouble with Islam Today]'' (initially published as ''Trouble with Islam''), has been published in more than 30 languages, including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language Arabic], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language Persian], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu Urdu], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malay_language Malay] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_language Indonesian].<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.irshadmanji.com/the-book Irshad Manji blog and official website » the-book<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> She was troubled by how Islam is practised today and by the Arab influence on Islam that took away women's individuality and introduced the concept of women's honour.<ref>[http://www.radioproject.org/2009/04/women-rising-iv-women-as-religious-activists-encore/ "Women Rising IV: Women as Religious Activists (Encore)"] Making Contact, produced by National Radio Project. April 8, 2009.</ref>  Manji has produced a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service PBS] documentary, "Faith Without Fear", chronicling her attempt to "reconcile  her faith in Allah with her love of freedom".<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/weta/crossroads/about/show_faith_without_fear.html America at a Crossroads. Faith without Fear | PBS<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The documentary was nominated for a 2008 Emmy Award. As a journalist, her articles have appeared in many publications, and she has addressed audiences ranging from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty_International Amnesty International] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations United Nations] Press Corps to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Muslims_in_Denmark Democratic Muslims in Denmark] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police Royal Canadian Mounted Police]. She has appeared on television networks around the world, including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera Al Jazeera], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation CBC], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC BBC], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC MSNBC], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-SPAN C-SPAN], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN CNN], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service PBS], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News_Channel Fox News Channel], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS CBS], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HBO HBO].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/irshadmanjitv YouTube - IrshadManjiTV's Channel<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

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