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amina wadud, PhD, is an American Muslim scholar and author with a focus on Islam, gender, and Qur’anic studies. She is known for her interpretation of the Qur’an from a feminist perspective and as a pioneer in female scholarship of Islam.

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Interview with amina wadud

What are the conditions for this worldwide resurgence of Islam that we're seeing today?

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Shari’Ah Is Not the Law

Before I became Muslim I read this book titled, Islam the Misunderstood Religion. That was almost four decades ago and this matter seems only to have gotten worse.

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Khalifah: We Really Do Have Control Over Our Own Destiny

This agency, we sometime refer to with regard to our “free will”, that is discussed ad-nauseam by religious thinkers. For the moment, I will refer to it as empowerment.

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Muslim Separatists and the Idea of an “Islamic” State

I have contended for at least two decades that people use the word “Islam” anyway they want to make any point they want.

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God Is Too Big

In my current casual reading, a novel, the answer to the question “and where is God for you?” was expressed this way...

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The First American Woman Imam Explains the Rise of Islamic Feminism

Since Dr. amina wadud led her first public sermon 25 years ago, Islamic feminism has taken root and sprouted globally.

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Reviving Islamic Female Scholarship After Centuries of Erasure

Like other holy scriptures, the Quran has been studied and read, commented on, and interpreted mostly by men. There was a tradition of female scholarship early in Islam, but later, it was men at the helm of breaking down the verses, and deciding how they’re applicable to everyday life.

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LGBTQI Muslims and International Movements for Empowerment

It has been a long road and the end of the struggle is nowhere in sight. Still, there are important developments worth noting.

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Woman Leads Muslim Prayer Service in New York

Almost nothing about the Friday prayer held yesterday in Morningside Heights in Manhattan was familiar to Samira Jaraba, a Palestinian immigrant who trekked alone on the subway from Brooklyn, cloaked in a cream headscarf, to see if the rumors were true.

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Hajar: Of the Desert

This story is coated with patriarchy, and so it is with some fascination that Hajar (biblical Hagar) configures so significantly in the Islamic telling of it.

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