An acclaimed Arab Studies scholar and bestselling author offers a groundbreaking new
interpretation of the status and vision of Muslim women—and challenges our own sense of …

While many in the West regard feminism and Islam as a contradiction in terms, many
Muslims in the East have perceived Western feminist forces in their midst as an assault upon …

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK “Explains powerfully how Muslim women are
affected by the rise of fundamentalism.”—Dan Rather In recent years, the expanding …

Islam along lines historically associated with feminist inquiry; they implicated the patriarchal
norms of early Muslim societies and contemporary Muslim practice in the global decline of …

Raised a Muslim but increasingly outraged by her religion's hostility towards women, Ayaan
Hirsi Ali has now become one of today's most talked-about, admired and controversial …

Feminism as a phenomenon engaging with issues of women's rights, women's liberation,
and gender equality as part and parcel of the rights, liberation, and equality of all was …

As a positive result of increasing modernization, in recent decades many Muslim societies,
including the Middle East, have witnessed an unprecedented rise in women's literacy rates …

Ever since the West's initial contact with the East, Muslim women have occupied center
stage as highly politicized subjects who the West has claimed to liberate from the oppressive …

The treatment and role of women are among the most discussed and controversial aspects
of Islam. The rights of Muslim women have become part of the Western political agenda …

To write about 'Women and Islam'is to write about a host of issues only one of which is 'the
Status of Women in Islam'. For Islam and Women have shared an enduring though often …