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"""...Qur'an of the Oppressed is an insightful contribution to contemporary academic discussions about Islamic reformism and Muslim movements for justice. Rahemtulla engages with his material in a structured manner and with intellectual curiosity and generosity. Despite his sympathy for liberation theology he does not hold back from critique. Each time, his critique points- albeit at times implicitly-to potential ways of imagining and furthering liberation theology."" -- Religion and Gender ""Shadaab Rahemtulla's timely book helps to fill a substantial gap in contemporary Islamic writing in the area of Liberation Theology ... Shadaab Rahemtulla has produced a scholarly and eminently readable text. For anyone concerned with how the Qur'an speaks to crucial contemporary issue -- gender equality, sexual orientation, race, poverty, patriarchy, economic injustice -- his work is going to prove indispensable."" -- Christopher P. Clohessy, Islamochristiana ""As this new monograph shows, Islamic liberation theology is...an area that has not received as much attention as it deserves and continues to reward us with new insights into the complex picture of Muslim belief and practice in our time. Rahemtulla concentrates in particular on four contemporary Muslim intellectuals and undertakes a comparative study of how they read and employ the Qur'an...his close analysis of how each reads the Qur'an in relation to particular concerns and political struggles yields a clear and concise piece of work that is easily accessible to readers without specialist knowledge of Islam, especially with the aid of the appended glossary. If only more academic publications could be so mercifully sparing in their use of unnecessary jargon and verbiage!"" -- Mehmet Ciftci, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations ""For a world heartened by the rise of moderate Muslim voices calling for gender equity and respect for human rights, this is an important book. ... Qur'an of the Oppressed is illuminating and could be the effective centrepiece of a course on Human Rights in Islam, including works of the four writers considered here."" --Janet M. Powers, Religion ""For a world heartened by the rise of moderate Muslim voices calling for gender equity and respect for human rights, this is an important book. . . . Qur'an of the Oppressed is illuminating and could be the effective centrepiece of a course on Human Rights in Islam, including works of the four writers considered here.""--Janet M. Powers, Religion ""[T]his book is a useful exposition and analysis of an important strand of Qur anic exegesis produced by modern Muslim scholars. It is graced with a comprehensive index, a useful glossary, a list of Qur anic citations, and an excellent bibliography of primary and secondary sources. Rahemtulla is to be thanked for providing a compelling analysis, within a specific tradition, of the wider task of interpreting an ancient religious text so that it speaks to the present with a liberating timbre and power without falling into apologetics or idealistic essentialism.""--Reading Religion ""It gives an in depth and yet very accessible analysis of 4 modern authors on the Qur'an: Farid Esack Asma Barlas, Ashgar Ali Engineer and me. It not only introduces our work but contextualizes it and considers methods of modern Qur'an exegesis as it intersects with life and faith. I would consider this a coherent introduction to the field of modern Qur'anic studies. It is thorough and also weaves in other reformist thinkers and post modernist scholars...I think you will not only enjoy it, but also learn something. Highly recommended.""--Amina Wadud"

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Shadaab Rahemtulla, Lecturer, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, University of Edinburgh Shadaab Rahemtulla is Lecturer in Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at the University of Edinburgh. A Canadian Muslim of Indian descent, he received his doctorate in contemporary Islamic thought at the University of Oxford.

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