
Are Islam and Feminism Incompatible? With Dr Haifaa Jawad
Blogging Theology
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The Importance of Traditional Islamic Perspectives on Gender Issues
You're an honorary senior lecturer at the University of Birmingham, obviously a distinguished scholar. I mean in other contexts in the West, do they listen to you? Is there an attempt to understand how Muslim women actually live their lives and experience the sooner? Or they're really so blinkred now that you are pessimistic about any dialogue and any advancing understanding of the issues?" Yeah, it's very difficult, of course, you have a situation from different backgrounds, and I guess some, not all, some of Muslim women tend to understand that and to appreciate that. Others who are very much have secular premises would not appreciate that. But I think the traditional Islamic perspective to gender issues is essential and it
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