About Aminah Assilmi
Lived 1945 – 2010 (aged 64–65). Aminah Assilmi was an American journalist and broadcast journalist.
Aminah Assilmi (born Janice Huff, 1945 – 5 March 2010) was an American broadcast journalist, national Muslim community activist and director of the International Union of Muslim Women.
Formerly a Southern Baptist preacher, she converted to Islam in 1977 in college while trying to convert some Muslims to Christianity. As the director of the International Union of Muslim Women she visited campuses discussing Islam. She was named one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world in 2009 by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Amman, Jordan.
Assilmi was involved in the release of the 2001 Eid stamp,
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Who was Aminah Assilmi?
American journalist (1945–2010)
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Aminah Assilmi was born in 1945.
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Aminah Assilmi died on 5 March 2010.
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Aminah Assilmi was a journalist and broadcast journalist.
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Aminah Assilmi was American.
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