Aminah Assilmi (born Janice Huff, 1945 – 5 March 2010)[1] was an American broadcast journalist, national Muslim community activist[2] and director of the International Union of Muslim Women.
As the director of the International Union of Muslim Women, she visited campuses discussing Islam.
She was named one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world in 2009 by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Amman, Jordan.
[4][5] Assilmi was involved in the release of the 2001 Eid stamp,[4] as well as future anniversary editions.
Assilmi died on March 5, 2010, in a car accident while returning from a speaking engagement in New York with her youngest son.