Daisy Khan

Who is Daisy Khan?

Daisy Khan is the Executive Director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement. ASMA is a non-profit organization dedicated to developing an American Muslim identity while building bridges between the Muslim community and general public through dialogues in faith, identity, culture, and arts. Ms. Khan mentors young Muslims on challenges of assimilation, gender, religion and modernity, and intergenerational differences. Daisy Khan has been hailed as a healer, a link between moderate Islam and the West, and a force for equality for Muslim women. She and her husband proposed building a community center near ground zero which precipitated a national dialogue in the media about the effects of 9/11.