In the 1990s, Hummasten worked for the non-profit Islamic Information Association, including as a writer for its newspaper
Salaam - Islamisk tidskrift (Salaam - Islamic Journal). Between 1996 and 2000 she served as the magazine's editor. She married Mohamed Benaouda, a Moroccan living in Sweden, who died in a drowning accident in 1999. Hummasten became chair of the Ibn Rushd Study Association and between 2004 and 2014 was chair of the Swedish Muslim Council. In this capacity she participated in the wedding of
Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and
Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland. In 2010, she was a deputy on the board of the Muslim Political Forum. She has often been seen in the media in discussions concerning the role of Islam in Sweden. For a time, she was a member of the
Feminist Initiative Party but came to consider that Islam was a higher form of feminism. Hummasten is the mother-in-law of convicted terrorist
Munir Awad via her daughter. In December 2010, Awad was arrested in Denmark for plotting a terrorist attack in revenge for the magazine
Jyllands-Posten's publication of cartoons against
Muhammed. The couple had previously been arrested in 2007 at the Ethiopian-Kenya border because of their activities in Somalia. Hummasten has condemned all forms of terrorism and denied all knowledge of their activities. == References ==