Our Goal: Remove the false ideas about suicide prevalent in the Muslim community. 

Host a seminar, sponsor research, support scholarship on this sensitive topic.

This project seeks to do the following:

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I - Produce High Quality, Islamically Grounded Research

The first goal of this project is to produce scholarly research to better serve community leaders and servants. One obstacle to tackling the stigma of Suicide is that much of the research has not tackled the deep seated theological and legal issues that must be addressed in order to resolve the many false theologies and anecdotal understandings that Muslims have about suicide and treatment of suicide survivors and their families. 

II - Make that Research Available to the Public

The research produced, along with the empirical data collected along the way, will be made available through a knowledge base for researchers, community workers, and the general public. Our goal is to reach as many people possible by creating an online repository that is accessible to academics, scholars, and laymen alike.

III - Engage and Educate the Community

While research is a necessity, it is only effective when it reaches the broader community. Workshops and seminars that educate community leaders, laymen, and the public are in high demand. These workshops will include topics relevant to suicide, suicide ideation, funeral rites, and care for the deceased, survivors, and their families, spanning the rich legal, ethical, and theological landscape that our Islamic studies heritage provides but has seldom been addressed when speaking on these topics. These will be provided through public webinars, cultural competence training, and community education programs (khutab, lectures, workshops, etc.)