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Mulki Al-Sharmani undertakes a close textual analysis of the hermeneutics of selected Islamic feminism scholars as they engage with the Qur’an, Hadith, and different textual genres in Islamic interpretive tradition. She focuses on the relevant works of nine prominent scholars located in North America, Egypt, Morocco, and South Africa. Bringing their works into conversation with one another, Islamic Feminism critically examines the epistemological and methodological contributions and challenges of these scholars. Al-Sharmani shows how these scholars’ engagements with the question of gender also yields new insights into the interplay between Islamic theology, ethics, and law. Drawing on extensive multi-sited ethnographic research, Al-Sharmani examines the societal significance and limits of the studied scholarship and how it informs and is informed by multidimensional Muslim gender activism in both global and local contexts. Towards the latter aim, Al-Sharmani focuses on two case studies: the global movement Musawah, and Egyptian Islamic feminism in the aftermath of the 2011 Revolution.

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The book is a brilliant introduction and conceptualization of the interdisciplinary field of Islamic feminism. Sharmani spotlights the scholarship and trajectories of nine women scholars from the global south and north, whose hermeneutical engagements with the Islamic interpretive tradition constitute important contributions to reformist knowledge building projects and gender activism. * Hoda Elsadda, Cairo University, Egypt *

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Mulki Al-Sharmani is Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

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