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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'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>