Some Muslim scholars, such as Amina Wadud, read the Qur’an differently regarding women’s rights. Wadud wrote: “In the area of gender, conservative thinkers read explicit Qur’anic reforms of existing historical and cultural practices as the literal and definitive statement on these practices for all times and places. What I am calling for is a reading […]
Islamic Social Justice Warriors: A Riddle Wrapped in an Enigma
Can Muslim women achieve equality and “social justice” within the traditional confines of Islam? A new program at New York City’s Union Theological Seminary (UTS), the Islam Social Justice Interreligious Engagement Program (ISJIE), held an inaugural panel discussion that tried to reconcile these two irreconcilable ideas. Like the panel, the audience of approximately 100 represented […]