Today, the issue of Muslim women is held hostage between two
perceptions: a conservative Islamic approach and a liberal Western
approach. At the heart of this debate Muslim women are seeking to
reclaim their right to speak in order to re-appropriate their own
destinies, calling for the equality and liberation that is at the
heart of the Qur'an. However, with few female commentators on the
meaning of the Qur'an and an overreliance on the readings of the
Qur'an compiled centuries ago this message is often lost. In this
book Asma Lamrabet demands a rereading of the Qur'an by women that
focuses on its spiritual and humanistic messages in order to alter
the lived reality on the ground. By acknowledging the oppression of
women, to different degrees, in social systems organized in the
name of religion and also rejecting a perspective that seeks to
promote Western values as the only means of liberating them, the
author is able to define a new way. One in which their refusal to
remain silent is an act of devotion and their demand for reform
will lead to liberation. Asma Lamarbet is a pathologist in Avicenna
Hospital, Rabat, Morocco. She is also an award-winning author of
many articles and books tackling Islam and women's issues. Myriam
Francois-Cerrah is a writer and broadcaster whose articles have
been published in the Guardian, Salon, and elsewhere.
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