Inside the Gender Jihad Women’s Reform in Islam_ Amina Wadud

Inside the Gender Jihad

Women’s Reform in Islam

Amina Wadud

Format PDF 1.56 MB

Pages 304

Foreword by Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl  vii

Acknowledgments xv

1 What’s in a Name? 14

2 The Challenges of Teaching and Learning in the Creation of Muslim Women’s Studies 55

3 Muslim Women’s Collectives, Organizations, and Islamic Reform 87

4 A New Hajar Paradigm: Motherhood and Family 120

5 Public Ritual Leadership and Gender Inclusiveness 158

6 Qur’an, Gender, and Interpretive Possibilities 187

7 Stories from the Trenches 217

Conclusion: Why Fight the Gender Jihad? 254

Notes 263

Index 280