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Breaching the Divide of Islam: Muslim Women at the Margins
in Blog onRead moreWhat do Muslim women who advocate for a radical reinterpretation of Islam, Muslim women of the piety movement, and Muslim…
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Contextualising Christian Faith in Encounters with Muslim Women
in Blog onRead moreMiriam Adeney, in the preface to her book ‘Daughters of Islam’ asserts “… strategy decisions that affect women are made…
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Women Leaders in Islam
in Blog onRead moreRaise the question of women leaders in Islam and people might mention Ayesha, or Hafsa bint Umar, Khadija, or Zainab.…
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“Islam is not good for women.”
in Blog onRead more“Islam here is not good for women.” Twice on the same day, two Central Asian women leaned over the table…
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Community Spaces
in Blog onRead moreI sketched out a fantasy space: a large open courtyard for theatre, dance, spoken word and improv performances, readings, talks,…
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Confronting our prejudices
in Blog onRead moreHer name is Zainab, or Miriam or Amal. Her name alone conjures up images, feelings and reactions in us. We…
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Religious Clothing?
in Blog onRead moreWhy do we focus comments and contests on the religious clothing that women wear, particularly the veil, but make no…
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The Woman Who Changed Her Community
in Blog onRead moreAmina was married at 13 to her cousin who was in his 30’s and had not yet been married.…
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God and us
in Blog onRead moreHow we understand God profoundly shapes how we understand ourselves and one another – as women and men, and as…
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Women in Mission. From the New Testament to Today
in Book Review onRead moreWhere the contribution of women of faith has been neglected in many historical (and sometimes contemporary) accounts (Broken Promises…
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