Community-based research help identify real-time needs and gaps within the community’s support system. Guided Roots was born out of one such research. On this page, you will find information about research conducted by our fellow team members in the past and at present that lay the groundwork of our work and activism.
Role of Imams in Combating Domestic Violence in the Canadian Muslim Community
This small-scale study examines the potential role of Canadian Imāms in changing community attitudes on domestic violence by investigating their current level of awareness, perception and approach, along with victims’ and perpetrators’ reliance on the mosque community […] Read More.
Prevalence and Key Risk Factors of Spousal Violence in the Canadian Muslim Community
The study proposes strategies for mitigating spousal violence in the Canadian Muslim community by investigating the prevalence and key risk-factors through a partner-reported survey of 170 ever-married Canadian Muslim women. In the study, one in three women reported physical abuse and over half reported other forms of abuse. Parent-to-parent violence, childhood abuse, impulsivity, and mental illness (notably, depression) were found to be the key predictors of spousal violence […] Read More.
Domestic Violence in the Canadian Muslim Community: Abusers’ Religiosity and the Role of the Local Imams
The thesis, based on a survey of 170 Canadian Muslim women and interviews of Muslim faith leaders in Canada conducted between 2018 and 2019, explores the prevalence of domestic violence, key-risk factors, religiosity factors, and activism of the local Imams in the Canadian Muslim community. It also explores the history of domestic violence laws in North America as well as the Islamic perspective on domestic violence through a cross-examination of Quranic verses, Prophetic traditions, historical treatment and linguistic analysis. The paper can be accessed here.