Islamic Feminism
Zed Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78360-633-7 (ISBN)
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Mulki Al-Sharmani examines the goals, approaches and methodologies which key scholars have adopted in their efforts at crafting an Islamic feminist discourse. The position of women in Islam remains deeply contentious. While conservative elements both within Islam and among its Western critics continue to claim that Islamic law and values are fundamentally incompatible with modern notions of gender equality, since the 1980s there has been a growing body of scholarship which seeks to make the case for feminism and gender justice within a distinctly Islamic paradigm.
Encompassing scholars from both the Islamic world and the Muslim diaspora, ranging from the pioneering scholar activist Amina Wadud to Egypt's Omaima Abou Bakr, the book also looks at how these scholars have translated their work into meaningful political action through groups such as the global Musawah movement and the Egyptian Women and Memory Forum. Crucially, Al-Sharmani also shows that Islamic feminism is a phenomenon which extends far beyond academia. Drawing on the author's own extensive research and interviews with women in Egypt, the UK, Malaysia, Finland and elsewhere, the book explores how ordinary Muslim women in both the West and the Islamic world are increasingly asserting their autonomy and challenging patriarchal interpretations of their religion, as well as exploring the linkages between Islamic feminist scholarship and the realities of these women's lived experiences. In the process, Islamic Feminism not only uncovers new directions for Islamic feminist scholarship, but upends many of our preconceptions about Islam and the role of women within it.
Mulki Al-Sharmani is a Research Fellow and Lecturer at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Islamic Feminism: Tradition and Interpretation
Chapter 1: Muslim Feminist Engagements with the Qur'an
Chapter 2: Genealogical Readings and Intertextuality
Chapter 3: The Gender Question in Fiqh Tradition
Chapter 4: Prophetic Sunnah: Challenges and Promises of Islamic Feminist Engagements
Chapter 5: Sufi Thought and Islamic Legal Tradition: Revisiting the Gender Question
Chapter 6: Islamic Feminism: Guiding Ethical and Hermeneutical Principles
Chapter 7: Islamic Feminism and the Politics of Social Transformation
Chapter 8: Ordinary Muslim Women Revisiting Spousal Roles and Rights: Unearthing the 'Ethical' in Islamic Law
Conclusion: Final Reflections
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.4.2026 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78360-633-9 / 1783606339 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78360-633-7 / 9781783606337 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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