The position of women in Islam remains deeply contentious. While
conservative elements both within Islam and among its Western
critics continue to claim that Islamic law and values are
fundamentally incompatible with modern notions of gender equality,
since the 1980s there has been a growing body of scholarship which
seeks to make the case for feminism and gender justice within a
distinctly Islamic paradigm. In Islamic Feminism, Mulki Al-Sharmani
examines the goals, approaches and methodologies which key scholars
have adopted in their efforts at crafting an Islamic feminist
discourse. Encompassing scholars from both the Islamic world and
the Muslim diaspora, ranging from the pioneering scholar activist
Amina Wadud to Egypt's Omaima Abou Bakr, the book also looks at how
these scholars have translated their work into meaningful political
action through groups such as the global Musawah movement and the
Egyptian Women and Memory Forum. Crucially, Al-Sharmani also shows
that Islamic feminism is a phenomenon which extends far beyond
academia. Drawing on the author's own extensive research and
interviews with women in Egypt, the UK, Malaysia, Finland and
elsewhere, the book explores how ordinary Muslim women in both the
West and the Islamic world are increasingly asserting their
autonomy and challenging patriarchal interpretations of their
religion, as well as exploring the linkages between Islamic
feminist scholarship and the realities of these women's lived
experiences. In the process, Islamic Feminism not only uncovers new
directions for Islamic feminist scholarship, but upends many of our
preconceptions about Islam and the role of women within it.
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