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Subscribe to @WiseWomenWithDaisyKhan. Every week, we sit down for real conversations about faith, identity, and the stuff that actually matters. This is a space for unfiltered information about Islam and Muslims, straight up, no spin. And it"s also a community where interfaith allies come together, struggling and striving to make the world a better place. When Taliban leaders sat across the table and Muslim women"s rights hung in the balance, Dr. Daisy Khan didn"t flinch. WISE Women is where faith

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Is AI Humanity's Greatest Ally or Final Rival?

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2025/10/16

In this episode of WISE Women with Daisy Khan, host Daisy Khan sits down with celebrated software engineer and AI expert Waleed Kadous for a conversation that leaps beyond the usual tech talk. Discover how faith and innovation collide in surprising ways as Daisy unpacks Waleed’s journey from coding sign language gloves to shaping billions of Android devices. Explore the roots of AI’s data-driven world and learn why humanity’s wisdom is now unlocked in algorithms. Waleed reveals the origin story

Muslim Take-Over of American Culture - Is it...

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2025/10/09

StartFragmentDid you know an NBA Hall of Famer played high-stakes games while fasting for Ramadan and still dominated the court? In this episode ofWISE Women with Daisy Khan,Dr. Daisy Khanand co-hostSusanna Keisermanexpose what the mainstream media refuses to tell you about Muslim American athletes, entertainers, and artists who are reshaping American identity. They debunk the viral "mosque takeover" myth by revealing how 2,700 mosques evolved to look like American megachurches, complete

Muslim Take-Over of American Culture - Is it...

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2025/10/02

StartFragmentIn this episode ofWISE Women with Daisy Khan,Dr. Daisy Khanand her co-hostSusanna Keisermanexplore Muslim culture and integration in America, addressing misconceptions around cultural takeover. They explain what culture truly means and how Muslim Americans have contributed to the United States by sharing food, fashion, traditions, and religious practicesinto the broader culturethat have enriched society rather than threatened it. Dr. Khan distinguishes between assimilation,

The Medieval Muslim Myth - The Stories Behind the Story

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2025/09/23

In this episode of WISE Women with Daisy Khan, host Dr. Daisy Khan sits down with international human rights lawyer Arsalan Iftikhar to dismantle one of Islamophobia's most persistent lies that Muslims are medieval and incompatible with Western democracy. Discover how this trope became a political strategy rooted in scapegoating tactics of alienation, criminalization, and elimination, leading to policies like the USA PATRIOT Act that expanded domestic terrorism definitions. Iftikhar reveals the

The Other Side of 9/11 - How One Brother Turned Grief...

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2025/09/10

In this episode of WISE Women with Daisy Khan, Dr. Daisy Khan reunites with high school classmate Jay Winuk to explore how personal tragedy became national healing. Jay lost his firefighter brother Glenn in the South Tower while responding to save lives, while Dr. Khan experienced the sudden shift from ordinary American life to living under suspicion as a Muslim woman.Their conversation reveals how both chose service over bitterness, transforming 9/11's legacy into positive action. Jay co-founded

Prophet Muhammad Birthday Sparks Global Debate Over...

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2025/09/04

In this special episode ofWISE Women with Daisy Khan, Dr. Daisy Khan tackles the controversial celebration of Prophet Muhammad's birthday (Mawlid al-Nabi) while declaring him the most influential person in human history. She challenges listeners to confront uncomfortable truths about Islamic history that modern society refuses to acknowledge, despite historians like Michael Hart ranking Prophet Muhammad number one in "The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History."Dr. Khan

Miracle Recovery - How Near-Death Became Sacred Ground

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2025/08/29

In this episode of WISE Women with Daisy Khan, host Dr. Daisy Khan sits down with award-winning author Samina Ali to uncover her shocking medical crisis that nearly claimed her life during childbirth. After delivering her son, Samina suffered multiple strokes, heart attack, and complete organ failure due to undiagnosed preeclampsia, falling into a five-day coma that left doctors convinced she would die. What happened next defied all medical predictions as she rewired her brain, relearned basic

Unknown Islamic Stories of Love - Legends of Divine...

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2025/08/20

In this episode of WISE Women with Daisy Khan, host Dr. Daisy Khan sits down with filmmaker Alex Kronemer to explore his transformative PBS documentary that reveals Islam's hidden stories of love. Explore how Prophet Muhammad's relationship with his first wife Khadija shaped the foundation of Islam, why the Taj Mahal is actually a monumental Quran with a message to the world, and the untold role Malcolm X's sister played in his transformation. Kronemer shares how these universal stories of divine

Unpacking Islamophobia: Why White Christian...

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2025/08/14

In this episode of WISE Women with Daisy Khan, host Dr. Daisy Khan welcomes religious studies professor Todd Green to expose the calculated strategy behind white Christian nationalist attacks on Islam in America.Todd reveals the medieval origins of anti-Muslim sentiment, tracing modern Islamophobia back to European Christian kingdoms' political rivalries with Islamic empires centuries ago. Despite Muslims representing only 3% of the US population, discover why white Christian nationalists

Islamophobia: Unmasked | Part 1: What You Don't Know...

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2025/08/05

In this episode of WISE Women with Daisy Khan, host Dr. Daisy Khan and human rights lawyer Qasim Rashid expose how Muslims have spent over two decades defending a peaceful faith practiced by 2 billion people. Discover the Cold War origins of Islam-terrorism associations, learn the true meaning of jihad as self-improvement rather than holy war, and explore Islam's detailed rules of warfare that actually prohibit harming civilians. Rashid reveals FBI statistics showing white supremacists represent

The Islamophobia Playbook: Mamdani Campaign Exposes...

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2025/07/22

In this episode ofWise Women with Daisy Khan, Dr. Daisy Khan teams up with research specialist Susanna Keiserman to expose the dangerous Islamophobic campaign targeting Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic primary winner for New York's mayoral race. Khan, who faced similar attacks in 2010 during her Lower Manhattan community center proposal, breaks down the familiar playbook being used against Muslim Americans seeking political leadership. Discover the specific tropes weaponized against Muslim

Creating Interfaith Dialogue with Washington Post's...

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2025/07/07

Legendary Washington Post journalist Sally Quinn joins Daisy Khan for an extraordinary conversation about spiritual transformation, authentic faith, and the courage to create your own sacred path. Sally shares how she moved from atheism to becoming a woman of deep spirituality while founding the groundbreaking "On Faith" section at the Washington Post.In this dialogue, Sally reveals how she "cherry-picked" from different religions to create a faith that truly resonated with her soul, why the

Special Episode - Iran vs. Israel: No Winners -...

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2025/06/24

In this episode of Wise Women with Daisy Khan, Dr. Daisy Khan sits down with Iranian-American author and Middle East expert Banafsheh Keynoush for an urgent discussion about the escalating Iran-Israel conflict that threatens global stability. As tensions reach a breaking point, Keynoush provides insider knowledge about Iran's nuclear capabilities, the religious fatwa against nuclear weapons, and why most Iranians actually support America despite decades of sanctions.Discover the real story behind

Juneteenth: Islam’s Hidden Roots of American...

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2025/06/19

What if the seeds of American emancipation were planted centuries before the Civil War by a 7th-century orphan who freed his enslaved surrogate mother? In the premiere episode of Wise Women with Daisy Khan, Dr. Khan connects Prophet Muhammad's early abolition movement to the 10% of enslaved Africans who were Muslim – and whose descendants now represent 40% of American Muslims. Joined by educator Quran Shakir, this episode reveals how enslaved Muslim women braided escape routes into their

When Muslim Fathers Support Their Daughters: A Saudi...

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2025/06/13

What happens when a father hands his bullied daughter a pair of shiny red boxing gloves and says "learn to defend yourself"? In Saudi Arabia, where women's sports were once completely banned, two fathers dared to see strength in their daughters instead of fragility – and accidentally sparked a revolution. Dr. Daisy Khan's father gave her boxing gloves that became her armor for life, while guest Lina K. AlMaeena's journalist father risked his reputation to publish press releases about his

The Woman Who Founded Mecca: Hagar's Untold Story

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2025/06/05

Welcome to the pilot episode of Wise Women with Daisy Khan-where we uncover the forgotten stories of extraordinary women who shaped our world. What if the holiest site in Islam was founded not by a king or prophet, but by a single mother abandoned in the desert? 2.5 million people annually retrace the exact footsteps of a single mother abandoned in the desert 4,000 years ago? Meet Hagar- the Egyptian noblewoman whose desperate search for water in barren sand founded Mecca itself. Her seven runs

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