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Women in the Qur’an and the Bible
in Blog onAs Muslim and Christian women, who are the women we find present in our sacred texts as we read them?…
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Fighting Hislam: Women, Faith and Sexism
in Book Review onAuthor: Susan Carland Publisher: Melbourne University Press, 2017 Reviewer: Louise Simon Fighting Hislam is, at the beginning,…
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What are the questions?
in Blog onQuestions serve many purposes. identifying the questions we want to explore with our Muslim sisters is not just important, it…
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Women in the Qur’an, Traditions and Interpretation
in Book Review onAuthor: Barbara Freyer Stowasser Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1994 Reviewer: Deb Sugars Barbara Stowasser’s book is a challenging but very…
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Veil
in Book Review onTitle: Veil Author: Rafia Zakaria Publisher: Bloomsbury, 2017 Reviewer: reviewed by Louise Simon Veil is a…
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Women, Islam and Identity: Public Life in Private Spaces
in Book Review onTitle: Women, Islam and Identity: Public Life in Private Spaces Author: Svetlana Peshkova Publisher: Syracuse University Press, 2014 Reviewer: C.…
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The Nearness of God – Muslim Women’s Perspective & A Response (2)
in Blog onIn the previous blog we considered the dilemma some Muslim women face as they experience God’s nearness and it either…
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The Nearness of God – Muslim Women’s Perspective (1)
in Blog onWe were having lunch in a café near Sarah’s home. ‘He must love me’ she replied. Sarah escaped from Syria…
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The “Problem” of Prayer: Part 2
in Blog onThe first part of this two-part blog focussed on sholat and zikir prayers. This second part examines the place of…
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The “Problem” of Prayer: Part 1
in Blog onThe way in which most Christians communicate with God is through prayer. The word ‘prayer’, in English, covers a wide…
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