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The opening as it read in 2010

Ingrid Mattson (b. 1963) is a Canadian Muslim convert professor and activist and the current president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). She was born and raised in Kitchener , Ontario , and studied philosophy and fine arts at the University of Waterloo , Ontario . Raised as a Catholic, she ultimately abandoned religion "for good" during her teenage years, ; in her senior year of college, she went to Paris and befriended several Muslim Senegalese, and in a year converted to Islam and began to wear the hijab . She had initially studied art, but later came to accept non-visual representation of individuals . In 1987 she travelled to Pakistan where she worked with Afghan refugees for a year. There, she met and married a fellow volunteer Aamer Atek, an Egyptian engineer. She earned her Ph.D. in Islamic studies from the University of Chicago in 1999. She went on to be very active in educating Canadian Muslims to become active participants in Canadian society at large. She is now Director of Islamic Chaplaincy and Professor at the Macdonald Center for Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations at Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut, the first Islamic chaplaincy program in the United States. In 2001 she was elected Vice-President of ISNA and in 2006 she was elected the first female President of the organization. She has guest lectured at such institutions as the US Naval Academy.¹ Mattson is the first convert to lead the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA).² Ingrid Mattson: Raised Catholic, this Muslim professor is bringing the moderate viewpoint to the world.- MSNBC How did Dr Ingrid Mattson became Muslim SFGate Chronicale article Dr.³

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Ingrid Mattson is a Canadian Muslim professor and activist. She was born and raised in Saskatchewan , and studied philosophy and fine arts at the University of Waterloo , Ontario . She earned her Ph.D. in Islamic Studies from the University of Chicago in 1999 . She went on to be very active in educating Canadian Muslims to become active participants in Canadian society at large. She now teaches religion at the Hartford Seminary in Connecticut . In 2001 she was elected Vice-President of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA).

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Ingrid Mattson (born August 24, 1963) is a Muslim religious leader, a professor of Islamic Studies and an interfaith activist. She is the London and Windsor Community Chair in Islamic Studies at Huron University College at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario , Canada . Mattson is a former president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) and was described as “Perhaps the most noticed figure among American Muslim women” in a 2010 New York Times article.

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Ingrid Mattson (born August 24, 1963) is a Muslim religious leader, a professor of Islamic Studies and an interfaith activist. Mattson is a former president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) and was described as "Perhaps the most noticed figure among American Muslim women" in a 2010 New York Times article.

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Canadian activist and scholar (born 1963) Ingrid Mattson (born August 24, 1963) is a Canadian activist and scholar. A professor of Islamic studies , she is currently the London and Windsor Community Chair in Islamic Studies at Huron University College at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario , Canada. Mattson is a former president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) and was described as "Perhaps the most noticed figure among American Muslim women" in a 2010 New York Times article.

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Canadian activist and scholar (born 1963) Ingrid Mattson (born August 24, 1963) is a Canadian activist and scholar. A professor of Islamic studies , she is currently the London and Windsor Community Chair in Islamic Studies at Huron University College at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario , Canada. Mattson is a former president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) and was described as "Perhaps the most noticed figure among American Muslim women" in a 2010 New York Times article.

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