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In her day job, Chicopee, Massachusetts, attorney Tahirah Amatul-Wadud does family law -- divorce, custody, child support. But on her own time, she's filed civil rights lawsuits on behalf of Muslim communities who feel threatened, especially African-American Muslims like herself.
In recent years, as the rhetoric against Muslims has intensified, so has Wadud's activism. She's on the board of CAIR -- a national Muslim civil liberties organization -- and the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women.
Wadud, a mother of seven, said she used to want people to see her as a lawyer first, with her faith and personal identity deep in the background.