Feminism in Islam: Secular and Religious Convergences

About the Book: Feminism in Islam: Secular and Religious Convergences

While many in the West regard feminism and Islam as incompatible, many Muslims in the East have perceived Western feminist forces as an assault upon their culture. In this career-spanning collection of influential essays, Margot Badran presents the feminisms that Muslim women have created, and examines Islamic and secular feminist ideologies side by side. Borne out of over two decades of work, this volume provides a unique contribution to Islam and gender studies

Table of Contents:

Preface vii

Introduction 1

Part I Egypt-Late Nineteenth to End of the Twentieth Centuriesand#58; First Century of Feminism

1 Competing Agendaand#58; Feminists, Islam, and the State in Nineteenth-and Twentieth-Century Egypt 17

2 Women, Qasim Amin, and the Rise of Feminist Discourse 55

3 From Consciousness to Activismand#58; Feminist Politics in Early Twentieth-Century Egypt 65

4 Expressing Feminism and Nationalism in Autobiographyand#58; The Memoirs of an Egyptian Educator 90

5 Independent Womenand#58; More Than a Century of Feminism in Egypt 116

6 Gender Activismand#58; Feminists and Islamists in Egypt 141

7 Body Politic(s)and#58; Women, Power, and Sexuality in Egypt 168

8 Gender Journeys into Arabic 192

Part II Muslim World-Late Twentieth to Twenty-First Centuriesand#58; Widening Circles, New Directions

9 Towards Islamic Feminismsand#58; A Look at the Middle East 215

10 Islamic Feminismand#58; Whats in a Name? 242

11 Unifying Womenand#58; Feminist Pasts and Presents in Yemen 253

12 Sharia Activism in Nigeria in the Era of Hudud 279

13 Between Secular and Islamic Feminism(s)and#58; Reflections on the Middle East and Beyond 300

14 Islamic Feminism on the Move 323

Index 339

About the Author: Margot Badran

Margot Badran is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Muslim Christian Understanding, Georgetown University, US. She is currently Edith Kreeger Wolf Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of Religion and Preceptor at the Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought at Northwestern University, US. She is the author of Feminists, Islam and Nation: Gender and the Making of Modern Egypt (Princeton, ISBN: 9780691026053).