This scholar and feminist, who was a panelist during the interfaith International Bali Mediators Festival last weekend, is perhaps best-known internationally for her leading of Friday prayers at a New York church in 2005 — like all women, Wadud was banned from leading the mixed-gender Jumu’ah prayer in mosques. She is also well-known for her progressive position within Islam and seeking justice for women under sharia. Her first book, Qur‘an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman’s Perspective, and its sequel, Inside the Gender Jihad: Women’s Reform in Islam, are seen as definitive texts in progressive Islamic thought on the role of women in Islam.
Posted on: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 01:46:52 +0000
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