This paper provides a brief explanation about the Era of the Queens (1641-1699) during which four female rulers were raised in succession to the throne of Aceh Darussalam Sultanate. The era in question has not been a resounding research subject either in the context of Southeast Asian Islamic studies or general Islamic history. The Era...Read More

The notion of Jihad in Islamic Law and in the contemporary world has different meanings. Jihad nowadays is regarded by millions of people not just as a military concept but as a religious and constitutional right. For Muslims in Spain jihad represented the most obvious way to defend their land against enemies, although towards the...Read More

In this article, I present a case study of the literacy practices of a newly literate woman from Morocco. I adopt the social practice theory of literacy and I use ethnographic methods to explore the participant’s life history and offer a practice account of her family-related literacy practices within the framework of gender studies. To...Read More

Mysticism, defined as a direct experience with God that cannot occur through intellectual knowledge, has the potential to offer women opportunities disallowed by a patriarchal society. Because mysticism exists outside of religious institutions and hierarchies, female mystics could receive opportunities for public expression often prohibited by Medieval Islamic societies. Islamic Mysticism, or Sufism, has a...Read More