Qur’an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman’s Perspective

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Qur’an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman’s Perspective

In 14 centuries of Islamic thought have produced a legacy of interpretive readings of the Qur’an written almost entirely by men. Now, with «Qur’an and Woman», Amina Wadud provides a first interpretive reading by a woman, a reading which validates the female voice in the Qur’an and brings it out of the shadows. Muslim progressives have long argued that it is not the religion but patriarchal interpretation and implementation of the Qur’an that have kept women
oppressed.