Feminist and Islamic Perspectives : new Horizons of Knowledge and Reform

by Omaima Abu-Bakr

aradigms of Knowledge in Islamic Feminism / Amani Saleh. Part I: Islamic Feminism and Women's Activism in the Arab World : Is there a Saudi Spring along the Arab Spring and What is the Status of the "Feminist Question" within that Context? / Fowziyah Abu-Khaled. Potentials and Pitfalls: How Islamic Women's Activism Meets Arab Women's Needs / Julie Pruzan-Jørgensen. Challenges of Islamic Law and International Human Rifgts / Marwa Sharafeldin.
Part II: Feminisms abd Dialouge in the European Context : Empowering Muslim Wpmen in Germany / Kathrin Klausing. Between the Rosary and the Qur'an: Cooperation between Catholic Women and Islamic Feminists in Italy / Anna Vanzan. Islamic Feminism in the French-speaking Post-colonial European Context / Malika Hamidi.
Part III: Islamic Legal Thought: Theory and Practice : From Where do we Derive "God's Law"? The Case of Women's Political Leadership: A Modern Expression of an Ancient Debate / Nevin Reda. Reflections on Islamic Feminist Readings of Jurisprudence and their Significance in the Egyptian Context / Mulki Al-Sharmani
Part IV: New Discourses and Re-interpretations : Towards an Alternative Feminist Discourse: ACritical Reading / Hind Mustafa Ali. Contemporary Interpretations of qiwamah / Nasr al-Joueli. The Principle of Equality in Divorce: The Qur'anic Perspective / Asmaa Lamrabet. Annotated Bibliography : General and Foundational Trend in "Islamic Feminism" in the Arab World / Hosn Aboud.

223 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2013