Feminist Edges of the Qur'an by Aysha A. Hidayatullah

To what extent are misogynistic attitudes or oppressive practices towards women embedded in religious texts? This chapter explores women’s contemporary readings of the Qurʾan, identifying their rationale, methods, and points of convergence and divergence. In the twenty-first century, Muslim women are caught amidst a polarity of interpretations regarding their position and rights within a religious tradition that spans fifteen centuries. A primary impetus for women’s contemporary readings of the Qurʾan has been a desire to address the perceived gap between divine intent and human interpretation.

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Behind Every Good Muslim Man: Fictional Representations of ‘A’isha after 9/11. Islam at Jesuit Colleges and Universities. She has worked extensively on a number of projects addressing religious diversity and anti-Muslim prejudice in relationship to teaching, most recently serving on the leadership team for a pedagogical workshop on 'Teaching Against Islamophobia' co-sponsored by the American Academy of Religion and the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion. She is co-founder and current co-chair of the American Academy of Religion’s Islam, Gender, Women program unit, a setting for supporting reflection on the development of the field of gender and women in Islam. Islam popular discourses on Muslim women in the U.S. Her research interests include feminist exegesis of the Qur'an representations of women in early Islamic history constructions of femininity and masculinity in the Islamic tradition feminist methodologies in the study of Islam racial imaginaries of U.S.

She began teaching at the University of San Francisco in 2008. She received her MA and PhD in Religious Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and her BA in Women's Studies from Emory University. Aysha Hidayatullah is Associate Professor of Islamic studies and teaches undergraduate courses on Islam, gender, race, and ethics.

Feminist Edges of the Qur'an by Aysha A. Hidayatullah