Aminah B. (McCloud) Al-Deen is professor emerita of Islamic Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at DePaul University. In 2006, she founded the United States’ first undergraduate baccalaureate program in Islamic World Studies. She is the former Editor in Chief of the Journal of Islamic Law & Culture. She has written about black Muslims. She can also discuss the place of animals in the Muslim world. The notion of animal rights is a new one for Muslim societies, she says.
| Website | http://las.depaul.edu/rel/People/FulltimeFaculty/index.asp |
| Email address | amccloud@depaul.edu |
| Email address 2 | aaldeen2@gmu.edu |
| Phone number | 773-325-1290 |
| Categories | Beliefs & practices, Bioethics, Church & state, Congregations, Faith leaders, Government & politics, Medical ethics, Science & health, Society & culture |
| Locations | Global, Illinois, United States of America |
| Resource Types | Sources |
| Faiths | Islam |
| Languages | English |