Books on Islamic Feminism

1
No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam
by Reza Aslan
2,314 members
37 reviews
4.1
2
Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate
by Leila Ahmed
472 members
4 reviews
½ 4.3
3
Qur'an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's Perspective
by Amina Wadud
267 members
2 reviews
3.8
4
Politics of Piety
by Saba Mahmood
265 members
3.9
5
"Believing Women" in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an
by Asma Barlas
183 members
3 reviews
½ 4.3
6
The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam from the Extremists
by Khaled M. Abou El Fadl
178 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
7
Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism
by Omid Safi
132 members
3 reviews
3.9
8
Sexual Ethics and Islam: Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith and Jurisprudence
by Kecia Ali
118 members
3 reviews
½ 4.4
9
Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards
by Afsaneh Najmabadi
117 members
4.1
10
The Place of Tolerance in Islam
by Khaled Abou El Fadl
112 members
2 reviews
4.1
11
Opening the Gates: A Century of Arab Feminist Writing
by Margot Badran
104 members
1 review
3.8
13
The Quilt and Other Stories
by Ismat Chughtai
100 members
1 review
3.8
14
Before Homosexuality in the Arab-Islamic World, 1500-1800
by Khaled El-Rouayheb
98 members
1 review
½ 4.5
15
The Tao of Islam: A Sourcebook on Gender Relationships in Islamic Thought
by Sachiko Murata
87 members
1 review
½ 4.4
16
Speaking in God's Name: Islamic Law, Authority and Women
by Khaled Abou El Fadl
85 members
1 review
½ 4.7
17
Women in the Qur'an, Traditions, and Interpretation
by Barbara Freyer Stowasser
76 members
1 review
2
18
Inside the Gender Jihad: Women's Reform in Islam
by Amina Wadud
75 members
1 review
½ 3.3
20
Feminist Edges of the Qur'an
by Aysha A. Hidayatullah
40 members
4
21
Feminism and Islam: Legal and Literary Perspectives
by Mai Yamani
34 members
½ 4.7
23
Egypt as a Woman: Nationalism, Gender, and Politics
by Beth Baron
32 members
½ 3.3
25
Women, Islam, and the State
by Deniz Kandiyoti
27 members
½ 4.3
29
The Women's Awakening in Egypt: Culture, Society, and the Press
by Beth Baron
17 members
2 reviews
½ 3.3
30
Men in Charge?: Rethinking Authority in Muslim Legal Tradition
by Ziba Mir-Hosseini
16 members
1 review
4
31
Domestic Violence and the Islamic Tradition
by Ayesha S. Chaudhry
16 members
1 review
32
Aisha: The Beloved of Mohammed
by Nabia Abbott
15 members
2
39
The Crisis of Islamic Masculinities
by Amanullah De Sondy
12 members
40
We sinful women: Contemporary Urdu feminist poetry
by Rukhsana Ahmad
10 members
3
42
Two Queens of Baghdad
by Nabia Abbott
9 members