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Family Violence

From casually humiliating a child, to punching a spouse you think isn't listening, violence in families hurts.

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Courageous survivors are breaking their silence about harm at the heart of our community. You can't turn your back when you know.

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Healthy Relationships

Healthy families grow from sound relationships. Marriage can be a means of personal, emotional, and spiritual growth.

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Unhealthy Relationships

The signs of abusive relationships aren't always this obvious, but learning to recognize them is the first step toward healing.

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Stop family violence now!

Family violence is a global issue that affects everyone. Project Sakinah is an initiative of Dar al Islam. It is an effort to stimulate awareness and action in the Muslim community to WAKE UP to the reality of the harm being done to our families, to learn to SPEAK UP in order to break the silence that surrounds the issue, and to TEAM UP with others to work to change our condition.

<a target="_blank" href="/TakeAction/JointheCampaign.aspx">Stop Child Abuse & Encourage Better Parenting Campaign</a>

Stop Child Abuse & Encourage Better Parenting Campaign

<a target="_blank" href="/TakeAction/TakeaPledge.aspx">Take a Pledge to Grow Strong Families</a>

Take a Pledge to Grow Strong Families

 
<a target="_blank" href="/ResourcesTools/DirectoryofServices.aspx">Add a Resource in our Muslim Family Services Directory</a>

Add a Resource in our Muslim Family Services Directory

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Profiles - Huma

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The clock announced 5 o’clock and Huma, 28, looked at it with disbelief. The week was passing so quickly. It was already Wednesday evening. Only two days were left until her husband would come back from a nearby town where he had been living for his work. Only two more days. She was shivering severely. The thoughts of him being in the apartment were as scary as having him in the apartment.

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Marriage Education

Project Sakinah offers four different programs for married couples. All are presented by Anas Coburn, who in addition to holding a Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, is certified by Imago Relationships International as a Community Educator.

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Child Abuse Statistics in the Peaceful Families & Project Sakinah 2011 Survey

posted by Allison Celik, 04/15/2013

One out of three Muslims who responded to the survey conducted by Peaceful Families Project and Project Sakinah in 2011 reported experiencing some form of abuse under the age of 18. It is time we started having open conversations about violence within our families, time we begin to look at the protection of our children as a communal, rather than simply a family responsibility -- and time we redoubled our efforts to learn and practice effective parenting.  More...

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