Ingrid Mattson
Ingrid Mattson (an haife ta a watan Agusta 24,1963)yan gwagwarmayar Kanada ne kuma masani.Farfesa ce a fannin ilimin addinin musulunci,a halin yanzu ita ce shugabar al'ummar London da Windsor a fannin ilimin addinin musulunci a Kwalejin Jami'ar Huron a Jami'ar Western Ontario da ke London,Ontario,Canada.Mattson tsohowar shugaban kungiyar Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)ne  kuma an bayyana ta a matsayin"Wataƙila wanda aka fi sani da matan musulmin Amurka"a cikin labarin New York Times na 2010.

Rayuwar kuruciya da asali 
Ingrid Mattson,ta shida cikin yara bakwai,an haife ta a1963 aKingston,Ontario,inda ta yi kuruciyarta kuma ta halarci makarantun Katolika. Ta yaba wa matan Katolika da suka ba ta ilimi da samar da"ilimi mai ban sha'awa"da "wuri don bincika da haɓaka wannan farkon,ruhaniyar matasa". Ta karanta Falsafa da Fine Arts a Jami'ar Waterloo da ke Kanada daga 1982– 87.A matsayin wani ɓangare na karatunta,ta yi lokacin ashekara ta 1986 a matsayin ɗaliba mai ziyara a Paris,Faransa.A wannan lokacin,ta yi abokantaka da daliban Afirka ta Yamma daga al'ummar Musulmi Sufi. Lokacin karatun Alkur'ani,ta sami,"sanin Allah,a karon farko tun Tana karama."  Bayan ta koma Waterloo,ta musulunta a shekarar 1987.Ta kammala karatunta a Waterloo kuma ta sami digiri na digiri a cikin Falsafa da Fine Arts a 1987.

Babban ilimi da farkon Aiki 

Ingrid Mattson ta sami digirin digirgir a cikin Harsunan Gabashin Gabas da wayewa daga Jami'ar Chicago a 1999. Sannan ta zama Farfesa a fannin Nazarin Addinin Musulunci da Dangantakar Kirista da Musulmi daga 1998– 2012 a Makarantar Hartford da ke Connecticut.A wannan lokacin,ta kafa shirin digiri na farko na malaman addinin Musulunci a Amurka.Shekaru da dama kuma ta kasance Darakta a Cibiyar Nazarin Musulunci da Kirista da Musulmi ta MacDonald a Makarantar Hartford.

Yayin da takezama mataimakin shugaban kasa kuma shugaban kungiyar Islama ta Arewacin Amurka,Mattson ta yi aiki a lokuta da dama tare da jami'an gwamnatin Amurka.Ta ba da shawarwari a lokacin gwamnatocin shugabannin Amurka George W.Bush da Barack Obama.Wannan aikin ya mayar da hankali ne kan manufofin da suka shafi tsattsauran ra'ayi,aikin soja na musulmi da Amurka,da kuma kare haƙƙin jama'a ga musulmi-Amurkawa. John O.Brennan,daraktan hukumar ta CIA,a lokacin da yake mataimakin mai baiwa shugaban kasa shawara kan harkokin tsaro da yaki da ta'addanci,kuma mai taimakawa shugaba Obama ya godewa Mattson bisa jagorancinta a wani taron jama'a a jami'ar New York. 

Ayyukanta sun mayar da hankali kan haɓaka kyakkyawar dangantaka tsakanin ƙungiyoyin addinai daban-daban.Ita ce mai bayar da shawara ga cudanya tsakanin addinai da fafutuka masu yawan gaske domin amfanin jama'a. Ta shafe aikinta na ilimi tana karantar da Ilimin Addinin Musulunci da huldar addinai a cibiyoyin kiristoci na tarihi.A matsayinsa na shugaban ISNA,Mattson ta kafa ofishin alakar addinai na kasa a Washington,DC a shekara ta 2006.Ta gayyaci Rabbi Eric Yoffie,Shugaban Ƙungiyar Ƙungiya don Gyara Addinin Yahudanci, don yin magana a taron shekara-shekara na kungiyar a Chicago a 2006.Mattson ta yi magana a shekara mai zuwa a Biennial na kungiyar inda ta sami babban yabo tare da sanar da "sabon haɗin gwiwar da ke inganta tattaunawa tsakanin addinai da sauran ayyukan gina dangantaka" tsakanin ƙungiyoyin biyu. Ta kuma kafa shirye-shirye tare da sauran kungiyoyin Yahudawa."Shirin Twinning" tare da Gidauniyar Fahimtar Kabilanci ɗaya ce irin wannan shirin. Wani shi ne shirin shekaru uku na "Yahudawa da Musulmai a Amurka" wanda aka samar tare da haɗin gwiwar Cibiyar Tauhidi ta Yahudawa da Cibiyar Carnegie ta tallafa. 

Mattson ta ba da shawarar samun fahimtar juna da haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Musulmai da mabiya addinin Buda kuma.Ta raba matakin tare da Dalai Lama a lokuta da yawa,ciki har da shirin "Seeds of Peace" a Seattle a 2008,a Indiana a 2010, da kuma a Chicago a 2011.  

Mattson asali itace mai rattaba hannu kan " Kalmar gama-gari" kuma ta halarci tarurrukan Kirista da Musulmi da yawa da tattaunawa tare da Cibiyar Royal Aal al-Bayt ta Jordan don Tunanin Musulunci. Burt Visotzsky na Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Yahudawa ta Amurka ta amince da shugabancinta a cikin haɗin kai tsakanin addinai.  An kuma ba ta digirin girmamawa na girmamawa a cikin 2012 ta Cibiyar Nazarin Tauhidi ta Chicago saboda hidimarta ga al'ummar bangaskiya.

Ra'ayi kan rawar da mata ke takawa a Musulunci 
Mattson tana ba da shawarar ba da gudummawar jama'a ga mata musulmi a matsayin shugabannin addini.Lokacin da ta kafa shirin farko na digiri na farko ga malaman addinin Musulunci a Amurka, ta dage cewa a bude wa mata.  Mattson tana sanye da hijabi, amma yana jayayya cewa bai kamata gwamnatoci su sami ikon tilasta sanya tufafin addini ko hana shi ba.  Mattson ta yi aiki da wata hukumar kula da zamantakewar musulmi mai suna Peaceful Families. Kungiyar ta yi kira ga al'ummar musulmi da su guji cin zarafi a cikin gida da kuma jayayya da tafsirin Alkur'ani da ke ba da damar cin zarafi ko wariya ga mata. 

Mattson kuma ita ce  Wanda ta kafa da Darakta na The Hurma Project - wani shiri na taimaka wa al'ummomin musulmi su hana su yin aiki da cin zarafi na ruhaniya da jima'i daga wadanda ke da matsayi na addini da tasiri.  Ta bayyana a cikin wata hira da mujallar Haute Hijab cewa ta yi hakan ne bayan ta shaida a lokuta da dama yadda al’umma ba su iya gane yadda ya kamata da tunkarar irin wannan yanayi.Ta ce, "Na gane cewa muna bukatar wani abu mai fadi kuma na da'a don nazarin iyakar matsalar,mu fahimci dukkanin abubuwan da ke faruwa da kuma bunkasa kayan ilimi da matakai da za mu iya kawowa ga al'umma."

Adawa da tsattsauran ra'ayin Musulunci 
Mattson ta kasance mai sukar tsattsauran ra'ayin addinin Islama tun lokacin da ta fara haduwa da Taliban a lokacin da take kokarin ilmantar da 'yan matan Afganistan 'yan gudun hijira a Pakistan.  Bayan harin na Satumba 11,Mattson ta buga labarin intanet mai suna "Musulman Amurka suna da wani wajibi na musamman." A cikin labarin,ta bayyana cewa, “Ni a matsayina na shugabar musulman Amurka,ba wai kawai ‘yan kunar bakin wake da Taliban ba ne,amma shugabannin sauran kasashen musulmi da ke dakile dimokuradiyya, da murkushe mata,suna amfani da Alkur’ani wajen tabbatar da halayya da ba ta dace da Musulunci ba da karfafa tashin hankali."  Tun hare-haren na Satumba 11,an yi hira da Mattson sau da yawa a rediyo.Ta gabatar da lacca a bainar jama'a don yin tir da tashe-tashen hankula da sunan Musulunci tare da yin kira da a warware rikici da bambance-bambancen cikin lumana. A cikin wata makala ta 2007,Mattson ta yi Allah wadai da "Masu banbance-banbance,masu cin nasara,na al'umma (addini ko siyasa)" wadanda ke tabbatar da munanan hare-hare kan wasu kungiyoyi.  Mattson tana daya daga cikin wadanda suka rattaba hannu kan sakon Amman wanda ya kasance martani da sunan musulunci.

Wallafawa 
Littafin nata mai suna “Labarin Kur’ani: tarihinsa da matsayinsa a rayuwar musulmi (yanzu a bugu na biyu) a shekarar 2012 ne kungiyar ‘National Endowment for the Humanities’ ta zaba domin shigar da ita cikin shirinta na “Bridging Cultures”.

Tambayoyi h 

 Akan ME YA SA "Fresh Air" tare da Terry Gross "Mai Musulunta Ya Daukar Jagoranci," Satumba 28, 2006; 
 A kan "Maganar Imani" na APM tare da Krista Tippett "Sabuwar Muryar Musulunci," Maris 6, 2008; 
 Faɗuwar Ruhaniya ta 9/11," Satumba 5, 2002; 
 A WNPR's "Inda Muke Rayuwa" tare da John Dankoski "Kiristoci da Musulmai," Fabrairu 13, 2008: 
 A WNPR's "Inda Muke Rayuwa" tare da John Dankoski "Neman Tushen Addini," Janairu 27, 2009: 
 A kan "Bugu na Lahadi" na CBC tare da Michael Enright "Don Neman Musulmai Matsakaici," Janairu 4, 2010: 
 A kan WBEZ's Worldview" tare da Jerome McDonnell "Jagorancin Mata Musulmai," Mayu 4, 2010: 

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