Course Materials Session 1: Week 1: Introduction

Introduction: Inside the Gender Jihad, Reform in Islam Wadud, A. / - / Oxford: OneWorld An Interview with Zarqa Nawaz Zine, J., Taylor, L.K., & Davis, H.E. / - / -

Session 2: Week 2: Muslim Women in Historical Narratives (Part I) Session 3: Week 3: Muslim Women in Historical Narratives (Part II)
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Women in the Mosque: Historical Perspectives on Segregation Reda, N. / - / -

Session 4: Week 4: Muslim Women and the Politics of Representation: Orientalism and Colonial Discourses
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Can I see your hair? Choice, Agency and Attitudes: the Dilemma of Faith and Feminism for Muslim Women Who Cover Afshar, H. / - / Women, Words and War: Explaining 9/11 and Justifying U.S. Military Action in Afghanistan and Iraq Jabbra, N.W. / - / -

Session 5: Week 5: Feminism and Islam (Part I)- Early Discourses and Movements Session 6: Week 6: Veiling and Conceptions of Female Sexuality : Contemporary Discourses and Debates (Part I)
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The Muslim Concept of Active Female Sexuality Mernissi, F. / - / Indiana University Press. The Qur'an, Sex/Gender and Sexuality: Sameness, Difference, Equality Barlas, A. / - / University of Texas Press.

Session 7: Week 7: Veiling and Conceptions of Female Sexuality : Contemporary Discourses and Debates (Part II)
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Female Subjects of International Human Rights Law: The Hijab Debate and the Exotic Other Female Clark, S. / - / Naturalising, Neutralising Women vom Bruck, G. / - / -

Session 8: Week 8: Feminism and Islam (Part II)- Contemporary Discourses and Challenges
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Islamic Feminism and it's Discontents Moghissi, H. / - / Zed Books

Creating a Critical Faith-Centered Space for Anti-Racist Feminism: Reflections of a Muslim Scholar-Activist Zine, J. / - / -

Session 9: Week 9: Feminism and Islam (Part III)- Gender and Human Rights in Islam
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Muslim Women's Rights in the Global Village: Challenges and Opportunities Al Hibri, A. /-/Her Honor: An Islamic Critique of the Rape Laws of Pakistan from a Woman Sensitive Perspective Quraishi, A. / - / Syracuse University Press.

Session 10: Week 10: Negotiating Religion, Gender and Multiculturalism Within the Secular State: The Case of Shariah Tribunals in Ontario
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The Sharia Law Debate in Ontario: The Modernity/PreModernity Distinctions in Legal Efforts to Protect Women from Culture Razack, S.H. / - / The International Women's Movement and the Politics of Participation for Muslim Women Chishti, M. / - / Between Orientalism and Fundamentalism: The Politics of Muslim Women Zine, J. / - / Ashgate Publishing

Session 11: Week 12: The Politics of Interpretation: Toward a Feminist Hermeneutics of Islam (Part I)
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The Qur'an and Muslim Women: Reading Patriarchy, Reading Liberation Barlas, A. / - / University of Texas Press.

Session 12: Week 13: The Politics of Interpretation: Toward a Feminist Hermeneutics of Islam (Part II)
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Faith-based Assumptions and Determinations Demeaning to Women Abou El Fadl, K. / - / OneWorld Press.

Session 13: Week 14: Muslim Women in the North American Diaspora: Negotiating Identities
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Women in Islam McCloud, A.B. / - / Routledge. The Muslimwoman Cooke, M. / - / -