Resources
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Websites
icanbeshe.org/ maslaha.org/obr/ girleffect.org/ sistersinislam.org.my/ musawah.org/ awid.org/ dofeve.org/ thewomensroom.org.uk/ istanbulkadinmuzesi.com/ http://feminijtihad.com/ http://www.wluml.org/section/resource/latest http://inclusivemosqueinitiative.org/ www.imow.org Toolkits From UK Feminista: ukfeminista.org.uk/take-action/toolkit/ For more useful links on a range of subjects including violence against women, family and relationships, employment and health see: http://icanbeshe.org/helping-hand |
Books
Ann Elizabeth Mayer, Islam and Human Rights, Tradition and Politics, 5th ed (2013) Aysha Hidayatullah, Feminist Edges of the Qur'an (2014) Deniz Kandiyoti (eds) Women, Islam and the State (1991) H Beate Schopp-Schilling (ed) The Circle of Empowerment (2007) Khaled Abou El Fadl, Speaking in God's Name: Islamic Law, Authority and Women (2001) Leila Ahmed, Women and Gender in Islam (1992) Lynn Welchman (ed) Women’s Rights & Islamic Family Law, Perspectives on Reform (2004) Margot Badran, Feminism in Islam Secular and Religious Convergences (2009) Fatema Mernissi, The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women’s Rights in Islam (1991) Mohammad Akram Nadwi, Al-Muhaddithat: The Women Scholars in Islam (2007) Sariya Contractor, Muslim, Women in Britain: De-Mystifying the Muslimah (2013) Ziba Mir-Hosseini et al (eds) Gender and Equality in Muslim Family Law (2013) Ziba Mir-Hosseini et al (eds) Men In Charge? Rethinking Authority in Muslim Legal Tradition (2015) Videos 'Making Waves: Expressions of Gender Equality in the Sacred Texts and Islamic Tradition' Conference: Can Muslims escape misogyny Dr Sariya Contractor - Demystifying the Muslimah, Faithful Feminists |
Academic and news articles
Adriane Choukour Wali, France and Islamic Feminism: intersectionality in the Republic' Open Democracy (2014) http://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/adriane-choukour-wali/france-and-islamic-feminism-intersectionality-in-republic
Afaaf Rajbee and Mehrunisha Suleman 'The Lost Female Scholars in Islam' Emel Magazine (2007)
Azizah Al-Hibri, ‘Islam, Law and Custom: Redefining Women’s Rights’ (1997) 12 American University Journal of International Law and Policy 1
Carla Power, ‘Reconsideration, A Secret History’ New York Times (2007)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/25/magazine/25wwlnEssay.t.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/Q/Qutb,%20Sayyid?ref=sayyidqutb&_r=0
Elizabeth Segran ‘The Rise of the Islamic Feminists’ (2014)
http://www.thenation.com/article/177467/rise-islamic-feminists?page=0,0
Kecia Ali et al (eds) A Jihad For Justice, Honoring the Work and Life of Amina Wadud (2012)
http://www.bu.edu/religion/files/2010/03/A-Jihad-for-Justice-for-Amina-Wadud-2012-1.pdf
Musawah, WANTED Equality and Justice in the Muslim Family (Sisters in Islam 2009)
http://www.musawah.org/sites/default/files/Wanted-ZMH-EN.pdf
Musawah, CEDAW and Muslim Family Laws: In Search of Common Ground (Sisters in Islam 2011)
Myriam Francois-Cerrah, Feminism has been hijacked by white middle-class women (New Statesman, 2015)
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/02/feminism-has-been-hijacked-white-middle-class-women
J W Scott, ‘Deconstructing Equality-Versus-Difference: Or, the uses of Poststructuralist Theory for Feminism’ (1988) 14 (1) Feminist Studies 33
Rachelle Fawcett ‘The reality and future of Islamic feminism’ (2013)
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/03/201332715585855781.html
Shuruq Naguib, ‘Horizons and Limitations of Muslim Feminist Hermeneutics: Reflections on the Menstruation Verse’ (2010)
Shuruq Naguib 'Bint al-Shati (d.1998) and her approach to tafsır: The journey of an Egyptian exegete from hermeneutics to humanity' (2013)
Ziba Mir-Hosseini ‘Feminist Voices in Islam Promise and Potential’ (2012)
http://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/ziba-mir-hosseini/feminist-voices-in-islam-promise-and-potential
Ziba Mir-Hosseini ‘Beyond Islam vs Feminism’ (2011)
http://www.zibamirhosseini.com/documents/mir-hosseini-article-beyond-islam-vs-feminism--2011.pdf
Ziba Mir-Hosseini, ‘How the Door of Ijtihad Was Opened and Closed: A Comparative Analysis of Recent Family Law Reforms in Iran and Morocco’ (2007)
K Zoglin, ‘Morocco’s Family Code: Improving Equality for Women’ (2009)
‘Women and the Arab Spring’ – article forum
http://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/gender-politics-religion/women-and-arab-spring
Report on the Muslim Family Law Project of the Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief (2013)
http://www.musawah.org/sites/default/files/JusticeThroughEqualityOsloCoalition.pdf
Adriane Choukour Wali, France and Islamic Feminism: intersectionality in the Republic' Open Democracy (2014) http://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/adriane-choukour-wali/france-and-islamic-feminism-intersectionality-in-republic
Afaaf Rajbee and Mehrunisha Suleman 'The Lost Female Scholars in Islam' Emel Magazine (2007)
Azizah Al-Hibri, ‘Islam, Law and Custom: Redefining Women’s Rights’ (1997) 12 American University Journal of International Law and Policy 1
Carla Power, ‘Reconsideration, A Secret History’ New York Times (2007)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/25/magazine/25wwlnEssay.t.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/Q/Qutb,%20Sayyid?ref=sayyidqutb&_r=0
Elizabeth Segran ‘The Rise of the Islamic Feminists’ (2014)
http://www.thenation.com/article/177467/rise-islamic-feminists?page=0,0
Kecia Ali et al (eds) A Jihad For Justice, Honoring the Work and Life of Amina Wadud (2012)
http://www.bu.edu/religion/files/2010/03/A-Jihad-for-Justice-for-Amina-Wadud-2012-1.pdf
Musawah, WANTED Equality and Justice in the Muslim Family (Sisters in Islam 2009)
http://www.musawah.org/sites/default/files/Wanted-ZMH-EN.pdf
Musawah, CEDAW and Muslim Family Laws: In Search of Common Ground (Sisters in Islam 2011)
Myriam Francois-Cerrah, Feminism has been hijacked by white middle-class women (New Statesman, 2015)
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/02/feminism-has-been-hijacked-white-middle-class-women
J W Scott, ‘Deconstructing Equality-Versus-Difference: Or, the uses of Poststructuralist Theory for Feminism’ (1988) 14 (1) Feminist Studies 33
Rachelle Fawcett ‘The reality and future of Islamic feminism’ (2013)
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/03/201332715585855781.html
Shuruq Naguib, ‘Horizons and Limitations of Muslim Feminist Hermeneutics: Reflections on the Menstruation Verse’ (2010)
Shuruq Naguib 'Bint al-Shati (d.1998) and her approach to tafsır: The journey of an Egyptian exegete from hermeneutics to humanity' (2013)
Ziba Mir-Hosseini ‘Feminist Voices in Islam Promise and Potential’ (2012)
http://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/ziba-mir-hosseini/feminist-voices-in-islam-promise-and-potential
Ziba Mir-Hosseini ‘Beyond Islam vs Feminism’ (2011)
http://www.zibamirhosseini.com/documents/mir-hosseini-article-beyond-islam-vs-feminism--2011.pdf
Ziba Mir-Hosseini, ‘How the Door of Ijtihad Was Opened and Closed: A Comparative Analysis of Recent Family Law Reforms in Iran and Morocco’ (2007)
K Zoglin, ‘Morocco’s Family Code: Improving Equality for Women’ (2009)
‘Women and the Arab Spring’ – article forum
http://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/gender-politics-religion/women-and-arab-spring
Report on the Muslim Family Law Project of the Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief (2013)
http://www.musawah.org/sites/default/files/JusticeThroughEqualityOsloCoalition.pdf