Dr amina wadud biography of william

  • Approaching the Qur'an from a feminist perspective, Dr. Wadud is not exempt from her own biases.
  • The volume is a tribute to Amina Wadud's contributions to gender studies and Islamic thought, emphasizing her role in shaping feminist interpretations of the.
  • Amina wadud is Professor Emerita of Islamic Studies, now traveling the world over seeking answers to the questions that move many of us through.

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    A recent decision by Brandeis University (founded in 1948 as a nonsectarian Jewish community-sponsored, coeducational institution) to take back its offer to give Ayaan Hirsi Ali an honorary doctorate hit the media with the usual storm over such a controversial figure.

    Most of the resistance to her, as a public figure, comes because of her own categorical statements against Islam. Not only does she choose to be an atheist, but she lambasts those who do not make her same choice. Her sweeping statements are meant to galvanize support against the Islam she has suffered from both as a child in a conservative family and as colleague of a brutally murdered film maker. She lost her bid for refugee status in Holland for lying about her past and was taken lovingly into the arms of certain institutions (like the conservative think tank, American Enterprise Institute  and tea party politicians, like Pamela Gellar). All manner of official trickery was put in her favor such that she enjoys somet

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    Dr. Amina Wadud and the Progressive Muslims:
    Some Reflections on Woman-Led Prayer


    In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

    Praise be to Allah. May the peace and blessing of Allah shower upon our Beloved Messenger, his family, and companions.

    [pdf version of article also available]

    Many of you have probably heard of the controversy stirred when Dr. Amina Wadud, author of Qur'an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's Perspective, led a mixed-gender Jumu'ah prayer on March 18, 2005 in New York. This event was hailed as an opportunity for Muslim women to fight for gender justice as they "reclaim their right to be spiritual equals and leaders. Women will move from the space tradition has relegated them in the back of the mosque and pray in the front rows."[1]

    To understand what happened, it is crucial to examine the background of the Progressive Muslim Union of North amerika (PMUNA), which sponsored the bön cum media spectacle. The members of PMUNA have

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    Woman leads controversial US prayer

    Amina Wadud, a professor of Islamic studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, said the service she was leading was “only one aspect of emphasising the belief in the reality that women are equal” beneath Islam.

    “We claim that we have primordial rights … to acknowledge the reciprocal rights of women and men to attain moral excellence (in Islam),” Wadud said, addressing a congregation of 80 to 100 men and women attending the service at Synod House at the Cathedral of St John the gudomlig, an Anglican church in Manhattan.

    The service drew protests and has stirred controversy internationally because many Muslims say that only dock are empowered to lead other men in prayer.

    Nasir al-Husaini, Aljazeera’s correspondent in New York reported around 90 male and female non-Arab Muslims attended the prayers. Fewer than 10 people protested outside the church, he said.

    To break religious traditions, kvinna worshippers lined up in the first rows, saying