Believing Women in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur’an

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A significant contribution to a new genre of scholarship, this book takes readers into the very heart of Islamic teachings on women, gender and patriarchy, allowing them to understand Islam through its most sacred scripture rather than through cultural practices or Western media stereotypes. Serious and well researched, this is a rich resource book. Barlas develops a believer’s reading of the Qur’an that demonstrates the egalitarian and antipatriarchal nature of its teachings.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Asma Barlas

Asma Barlas, one of the first Pakistani women to be appointed to the country's foreign services, was dismissed from her post by the Pakistani dictator General Zia ul-Haq. In the mid-1980s she left Pakistan for the US, where she is now a Professor at the Political Science Department of Ithaca College, New York. She is the author of a path-breaking book, Believing Women in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an (University of Texas Press, 2002) and has written extensively on religion and strained relations between Islam and the West.