About Us

Mission
To provide health, education, shelter and other social services to the underserved population in general, and to Muslim women and children in particular.

History
Muslimat Al-Nisaa, originally organized in 1987, is a non-profit organization established to provide culturally sensitive health, education and social services to Muslim community women and children.  In 2005, co-founders Asma Hanif and Dr Maryam Funches, recognized the need to add a shelter program to the original organizational objectives.

Latest News

  • Wednesday December 14, 2011
    Muslimat Al-Nisaa NPR Feature
    As families come together over the holidays, the victims of domestic abuse are often sequestered in shelters — a situation that's especially difficult for Muslim women, because few facilities meet their cultural and religious needs......

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  • Wednesday December 14, 2011
    New Shelter Opens in Baltimore
    An idea, which was originally born of necessity almost five years ago, has now become a reality. She traveled throughout the Masajid, Islamic Centers, and Muslim organizations in the tri-state ...

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