In American Muslim Women, Religious Authority, and Activism: More Than a Prayer, Juliane Hammer traces recent conversations around gender and religion within American Muslim communities. Taking as a starting point the mixedgender Friday prayer led by Amina Wadud in 2005, the author examines how questions of gendered religious authority have been negotiated through interpretations of...Read More

Sharma obtained her Ph.D. in History from Punjab University and the title of her doctoral thesis was “Changing Status of Muslim women in Medieval India Till 1761” (p. x). She began her career as a lecturer of History in Jalandhar. Later on she joined the Income Tax department, then the Central Board of Direct Taxes...Read More

Islam is perceived as a religion that relegates women in different spheres of life. This informs the Islamic feminists’ criticism of Islam as against gender equality. This study critically appraises the factors responsible for the exclusion of women in modern politics, explores the Islamic textual position on women’s roles in society; investigates the level of...Read More

This study looked into the organized use of modern media technology by female Dakwah (Islamic propagation) groups in Pakistan as an indicator of modern trends prevalent among such groups. The two groups selected for this study were the Women’s Wing Jamaa’at e Islami and Al-Huda International Welfare Foundation. The time period of data is from...Read More