No one cares that Huma was raised Muslim. She was an associate editor for The Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, published by a London-based scholarly institution furthering the study of Muslims in non-Muslim nations. It holds conferences and publishes books and journals. Saleha Mahmood Abedin [her mom] is Director of the Institute. It was founded in 1978 by Syed Z. Abedin [her dad].

Tarek Fatah, of the progressive Muslim Canadian Congress, writes that Saleha Mahmood Abedin promotes the Muslim Brotherhood Islamist ideology in her articles for the JMMA.