Podcast on Crimes Against Women
The Conference on Crimes Against Women (CCAW) is thrilled the announce the Podcast on Crimes Against Women (PCAW). Continuing with our fourth season, the PCAW releases new episodes every Monday. The PCAW serves as an extension of the information and topics presented at the annual Conference, providing in-depth dialogue, fresh perspectives, and relevant updates by experts in the fields of victim advocacy, criminal justice, medicine, and more. This podcast’s format hopes to create a space for topical conversations aimed to engage and educate community members on the issue of violence against women, how it impacts our daily lives, and how we can work together to create lasting cultural and systemic change.
Podcast on Crimes Against Women
We Need More Harmony in the Home: A Muslim Imam Responds to Domestic Violence
Episode seventeen of the second season of the Podcast on Crimes Against Women continues our four-part series on faith responses to domestic violence and sexual assault with Imam Omar Suleiman, Founder and President of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research and a professor of Islamic Studies at Southern Methodist University. Imam Suleiman examines the Islamic faith’s view of domestic violence and how this has changed over time, how Islam speaks about domestic violence in its teachings, and what is being done about addressing this issue more directly with other Islamic leaders and followers. Imam Suleiman then goes on to discuss the reactions he receives on his work from other faith officials in the Islamic community, how the patriarchal element of this religion shapes the conversation of DV within Islam, and the changes he would like to see in the future to the approach or conversation around DV within Islam.