Asma Barlas claimed that patriarchal interpretations of this text were not supported by the text itself in a book titled for “Believing Women” in this text. For 10 points each:
[10e] Amina Wadud wrote a “rereading” of what sacred text in Islam “from a Woman’s Perspective”?
ANSWER: Qur’an [or Koran; accept Qur’an and Woman]
[10m] In Expectations from the Muslim Woman, Ali Shariati argues that this woman from the Qur’an stands as a role model for Muslim women. Shariati also wrote a feminist biography of this mother of Husayn.
ANSWER: Fatima [or Fatima bint Muhammad; or Fatima al-Zahra]
[10h] In Women and Gender in Islam, Leila Ahmed argued that Western views of Islamic society created a new “discourse of [this object].” Fatema Mernissi advocated an intersectional analysis of Muslim feminism in the book Beyond [this object].
ANSWER: veils [or khimar; accept “The Discourse of the Veil”; accept Beyond the Veil; prompt on hijabs]
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