She has created what she calls an Isms Project to combat the racism/colorism/sexism/ageism factors that single Muslim women face.
"In mosques across the country, imams-and other community leaders-are frantically fielding calls from anxious parents asking why their high-achieving, successful and religious daughters can't meet a Muslim man to marry," said Tahirah Nailah Dean, 29, a Black-Latina lawyer based in Oakland, California, who has been collecting data from single Muslim women around the country. And they are having a tough time getting married.