Rabia Kazan

Rabia Kazan
Born 'Rabia Özden Kazan'
(1976-06-25) 25 June 1976
Malatya, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Occupation Middle East women’s rights activist, author
Years active 1996 — present

'Rabia Özden Kazan' (born June 25, 1976 in Malatya) is a Turkish best-selling author and Middle East women’s rights activist,

Career

She started her journalism career as a TV correspondent in 1996 with Istanbul Documentary, for the Turkish channel Flash TV. Then, she became a columnist for the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) affiliated newspaper Ortadoğu (gazete) where she worked for six years. Meanwhile, she became known in Turkey through an important, undercover interview with Mehmet Ali Ağca. She then founded the news magazine Haber Revizyon in İstanbul.

In 2007, Rabia Kazan went to Iran as an undercover where she witnessed child marriages, women trafficking and wedleases. She discovered a legal prostution system within the Islamic Regime. She also reported child marriages, and interviewed approximately 200 women in Iran. When Rabia Kazan returned to her country she published her book Tahran Melekleri”( Legal Prostution) ("The Angels of Tehran"), which was about '''Nikah mut‘ah'''. Despite Kazan receiving various threats after publication, her book has become a bestseller in Turkey. Rabia Kazan's book was the first book about temporary marriage '"Sia Islamic Prostution".

Rabia Kazan has visited many Middle Eastern countries where she has recorded information, and has dedicated her work to saving women all over the Middle East from the Sharia Law.

In 2008, Kazan married Giacinto Licursi, an Italian lawyer and politician, and she subsequently moved to Rome. During her stay in Italy, she actively promoted 'Secularism in Islam' and prevention of child marriages and woman trafficking on different platforms including Italian TV Channels.

Kazan moved to the USA in 2010 and worked for World Federation of United Nations Associations in United Nations for 2 years.

Ms. Kazan decided to remove her hijab in 2012, which she was forced to wear from the age of seven, and since has started working as a writer and women's rights activist at The International Civil Liberties Alliance (ICLA), based in Switzerland.

She launched a global campaign in 2014 named This Is Not My Allah against Islamic Terrorism with Alain Wagner (A French political analyst) in New York City. The campaign was meant to represent a voice and break the silence of Muslims' who feared to speak out against Radical Islam.

In 2015, Rabia Kazan endorsed Donald Trump for Presidential Campaing. Because of his statement about Radical Islam, and in 2016 Rabia Kazan joined "NDC TRUMP" (National Diversity Coalition for Trump) as executive.In 2016, Kazan gave an interview to CNN news "Islam hates America," where she spoke about her opinion and how she believes that the way Trump is handling the issue is correct and how moderate Muslims need to stand up against Radical Islam.

Sources

List of Donald Trump presidential campaign endorsements, 2016 List of women's rights activists

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