This text contributes a gender inclusive reading to one of the most fundamental disciplines in Islamic thought, Qur'anic exegesis. What the analysis clarifies is the lack of gender bias, precedence or prejudice in the language of the Qur'an.
This volume provides an interpretive reading of the Qu'ran by a woman, reading which validates the female voice in the Qu'ran and brings it out of the shadows. Muslim progressives have long argued that it is not the religion but patriarchal interpretation and implementation of t…
Fourteen centuries of Islamic thought have produced a legacy of interpretive readings of the Qu'ran written almost entirely by men. Now, with Qu'ran and Woman, Amina Wadud provides a first interpretive reading by a woman, a reading which validates the female voice in the Qu'ran …