Books by Fatima Mernissi
“Fatima Mernissi is a Moroccan feminist and produced one of the first books on feminism within an Arab Middle East and in a Muslim context. She also wrote a pioneering book-length text of Islamic feminism. In Islam and Democracy Mernissi is taking up Islamic arguments for claiming full citizenship, democracy, equality and justice. Mernissi is bringing together secular and religious arguments, and among the things she gives importance to is the need to reform Muslim personal status law as part of achieving democracy.” Read more...
The best books on Islam and Feminism
Margot Badran, Historian
Interviews where books by Fatima Mernissi were recommended
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Islam and Democracy
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Secular and Islamic Feminist Critiques in the Work of Fatima Mernissi
by Raja Rhouni -
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Inside the Gender Jihad
by Amina Wadud -
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Counter Legal Draft of the Compilation of Islamic Law
by Siti Musdah Mulia -
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Iranian Women’s One Million Signatures
by Noushin Khorasani
The best books on Islam and Feminism, recommended by Margot Badran
The best books on Islam and Feminism, recommended by Margot Badran
The historian and gender studies specialist Margot Badran has devoted her life’s work to the Muslim world. Here she explains what feminism means in the context of Islam and chooses five books that have been critical in its evolution.
