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Women and gender

Writing on women, gender and the family.

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BOOK 1872 · Arabic
The Faithful Guide for Girls and Boys المرشد الأمين للبنات والبنين Rifāʿa al-Ṭahṭāwī

An educational manual written for the new state schools, arguing that girls as well as boys should be educated and discussing morals, family life and citizenship.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (Bibliotheca Alexandrina edition)

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al-Ṭahṭāwī, Rifāʿa. The Faithful Guide for Girls and Boys. 1872. Internet Archive (Bibliotheca Alexandrina edition), https://archive.org/details/AAlexandrina-305558. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/tahtawi/#tahtawi-the-faithful-guide-for-girls-and-boys

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NOVEL 1913 · English
Veiled Women Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

An Englishwoman marries an Egyptian Muslim, and the novel follows her life in the women's quarters of an upper-class Cairo household.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Project Gutenberg

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Pickthall, Muhammad Marmaduke. Veiled Women. 1913. Project Gutenberg, https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57297. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/pickthall/#pickthall-veiled-women

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BOOK 1932 · Arabic
Nidāʾ li-l-jins al-laṭīf: Ḥuqūq al-nisāʾ fī al-Islām نداء للجنس اللطيف: حقوق النساء في الإسلام Rashīd Riḍā

An exposition of women's rights in Islam, on marriage, divorce, polygyny and education, defending Islamic law against Western criticism.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Al-Maktaba al-Shamela

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Riḍā, Rashīd. Nidāʾ li-l-jins al-laṭīf: Ḥuqūq al-nisāʾ fī al-Islām. 1932. Al-Maktaba al-Shamela, https://shamela.ws/book/411. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/rashid-rida/#rashid-rida-nida-li-l-jins-al-latif-huquq-al

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BOOK 1939 · Urdu
Purdah and the Status of Woman in Islam پردہ Abul Aʿlā Mawdūdī

A defence of veiling and gender segregation as part of an Islamic social order, set against a critique of Western sexual morality and the emancipation of women.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Islamicstudies.info (English translation)

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Mawdūdī, Abul Aʿlā. Purdah and the Status of Woman in Islam. 1939. Islamicstudies.info (English translation), https://www.islamicstudies.info/literature/purdah_status_women_islam.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/maududi/#maududi-purdah-and-the-status-of-woman-in-islam

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BOOK 1948 · Urdu
Pardah awr Qur'an-i Majid پردہ اور قرآنِ مجید Amin Ahsan Islahi

A study of the Qur'anic rulings on hijab and the veiling of women.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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Islahi, Amin Ahsan. Pardah awr Qur'an-i Majid. 1948. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/amin-ahsan-islahi/#amin-ahsan-islahi-pardah-awr-qur-an-i-majid

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BOOK 1952 · Arabic
Ḥijāb al-marʾa al-muslima fī l-kitāb wa-l-sunna حجاب المرأة المسلمة في الكتاب والسنة Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani

The first edition (the 1952 date comes from Wikipedia) of his study of the Muslim woman's dress. Argues that the face veil is not required.

Archived 16 October 2026 · Source: archive.org

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al-Albani, Muhammad Nasir al-Din. Ḥijāb al-marʾa al-muslima fī l-kitāb wa-l-sunna. 1952. archive.org, https://archive.org/details/aub_aco004317_hi. Archived 16 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/albani/#albani-hijab-al-mara-al-muslima

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TRANSLATION 1953 · Urdu
Al-Nizam al-Ijtimaʿi (Social System), Urdu النظام الاجتماعي في الإسلام Taqī al-Dīn al-Nabhānī

Urdu edition of the social system book.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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al-Nabhānī, Taqī al-Dīn. Al-Nizam al-Ijtimaʿi (Social System), Urdu. 1953. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/download/english-urdu-books-by-hizb-ut-tahrir-on-the-topic-of-khilafat-khilafah-sharia-ca/Social%20System-%20Urdu.pdf. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/taqiuddin-nabhani/#taqiuddin-nabhani-al-nizam-al-ijtimai-urdu-ur

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BOOK 1953 · Arabic
Al-Nizam al-Ijtimaʿi fi al-Islam النظام الاجتماعي في الإسلام Taqī al-Dīn al-Nabhānī

Covers Islamic rules on men and women, marriage, the family and social relations.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: hizb-ut-tahrir.org (official site)

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al-Nabhānī, Taqī al-Dīn. Al-Nizam al-Ijtimaʿi fi al-Islam. 1953. hizb-ut-tahrir.org (official site), http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.org/PDF/AR/ar_books_pdf/Ijtemaey_25.09_.24_.pdf. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/taqiuddin-nabhani/#taqiuddin-nabhani-al-nizam-al-ijtimai-fi-al-islam-ar

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TRANSLATION 1953 · Turkish
İslâm’da İçtimaî Nizam النظام الاجتماعي في الإسلام Taqī al-Dīn al-Nabhānī

Turkish edition of the social system book.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: hizb-uttahrir.info (Turkish HT site)

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al-Nabhānī, Taqī al-Dīn. İslâm’da İçtimaî Nizam. 1953. hizb-uttahrir.info (Turkish HT site), http://www.hizb-uttahrir.info/tr/files/PDF/kitaplar/Islamda_Ictimai_Nizam.pdf. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/taqiuddin-nabhani/#taqiuddin-nabhani-slmda-tima-nizam-tr

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TRANSLATION 1953 · Indonesian
Sistem Pergaulan dalam Islam النظام الاجتماعي في الإسلام Taqī al-Dīn al-Nabhānī

Indonesian edition (7th printing) of the social system book.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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al-Nabhānī, Taqī al-Dīn. Sistem Pergaulan dalam Islam. 1953. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/download/08SistemPergaulanIslamCet7/08-Sistem-Pergaulan-Islam_Cet-7.pdf. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/taqiuddin-nabhani/#taqiuddin-nabhani-sistem-pergaulan-dalam-islam-id

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TRANSLATION 1953 · English
The Social System in Islam النظام الاجتماعي في الإسلام Taqī al-Dīn al-Nabhānī

English translation of the book on the Islamic social system.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: hizb-ut-tahrir.org (official site)

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al-Nabhānī, Taqī al-Dīn. The Social System in Islam. 1953. hizb-ut-tahrir.org (official site), http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.org/PDF/EN/en_books_pdf/08_Social_System_in_Islam_EN_20112013.pdf. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/taqiuddin-nabhani/#taqiuddin-nabhani-the-social-system-in-islam

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BOOK 1959 · Arabic · Dār al-Shurūq
Maʿrakat al-taqālīd معركة التقاليد Muḥammad Quṭb

Defends Islamic social customs, especially on gender and family, against Westernising pressures in Egyptian society.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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Quṭb, Muḥammad. Maʿrakat al-taqālīd. 1959. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/Al-Basira.4. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/muhammad-qutb/#muhammad-qutb-marakat-al-taqalid

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PAMPHLET 1974 · English
Family Life in Islam Khurshid Ahmad

A short account of the Islamic view of family life and its responsibilities.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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Ahmad, Khurshid. Family Life in Islam. 1974. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/khurshid-ahmad/#khurshid-ahmad-family-life-in-islam

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BOOK 1974 · Persian
The Rights of Women in Islam نظام حقوق زن در اسلام Murtaḍā Muṭahharī

Grew out of a 1966-67 press debate over Iran's family law reforms; argues that Islamic law gives men and women equal but not identical rights in marriage, divorce, inheritance and polygamy.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Al-Islam.org (English translation)

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Muṭahharī, Murtaḍā. The Rights of Women in Islam. 1974. Al-Islam.org (English translation), https://www.al-islam.org/rights-women-islam-murtadha-mutahhari. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/mutahhari/#mutahhari-the-rights-of-women-in-islam

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BOOK 1975 · English
Beyond the Veil: Male-Female Dynamics in Modern Muslim Society Fatima Mernissi

A sociological study of gender relations in Morocco that contrasts traditional Muslim conceptions of female sexuality with the pressures of modernisation.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (borrowable)

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Mernissi, Fatima. Beyond the Veil: Male-Female Dynamics in Modern Muslim Society. 1975. Internet Archive (borrowable), https://archive.org/details/beyondveilmalefe0000mern. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/mernissi/#mernissi-beyond-the-veil-male-female-dynamics-in-modern

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PAMPHLET 1976 · English · Mohammad Yusuf Khan
Islam and the Muslim Woman Today Maryam Jameelah

Essays on the Muslim woman's role, the duties of the mother, Qasim Amin, and the feminist movement.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: dl.chughtailibrary.com

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Jameelah, Maryam. Islam and the Muslim Woman Today. 1976. https://dl.chughtailibrary.com/files/repository/personal_collections/maryam_jameela/MJ30/Islam%20and%20the%20muslim%20woman%20today.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/maryam-jameelah/#mj-islam-and-the-muslim-woman-today

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BOOK 1982 · French
Woman in the Muslim Unconscious La Femme dans l'inconscient musulman Fatima Mernissi

Published under the pseudonym Fatna Aït Sabbah, it analyses images of women in classical erotic and religious-legal writing.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: not yet recorded

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Mernissi, Fatima. Woman in the Muslim Unconscious. 1982. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/mernissi/#mernissi-woman-in-the-muslim-unconscious

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INTERVIEW 1983 · French
Doing Daily Battle: Interviews with Moroccan Women Le Maroc raconté par ses femmes Fatima Mernissi

Interviews with Moroccan women of different classes and regions about work, marriage and daily survival.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (English translation, borrowable)

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Mernissi, Fatima. Doing Daily Battle: Interviews with Moroccan Women. 1983. Internet Archive (English translation, borrowable), https://archive.org/details/doingdailybattle0000unse. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/mernissi/#mernissi-doing-daily-battle-interviews-with-moroccan-women

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PAMPHLET 1986 · English
Status of Women in Islam Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī Nadwī

Status of Women in Islam. Translated from Arabic.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: abulhasanalinadwi.org

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Nadwī, Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī. Status of Women in Islam. 1986. https://abulhasanalinadwi.org/books/status%20of%20women%20in%20islam.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/nadwi/#nadwi-e073-status-of-women-in-islam

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BOOK 1987 · French
The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam Le Harem politique : le Prophète et les femmes Fatima Mernissi

Re-examines the Prophet's household and the transmission of misogynistic hadith to argue that early Islam was later reshaped by male political elites.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (English translation, borrowable)

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Mernissi, Fatima. The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam. 1987. Internet Archive (English translation, borrowable), https://archive.org/details/veilmaleelitefem00mernrich. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/mernissi/#mernissi-the-veil-and-the-male-elite-a-feminist

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BOOK 1988 · French
Shahrazad Is Not Moroccan Chahrazad n'est pas marocaine Fatima Mernissi

Essays on the situation of women in contemporary Moroccan society.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: not yet recorded

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Mernissi, Fatima. Shahrazad Is Not Moroccan. 1988. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/mernissi/#mernissi-shahrazad-is-not-moroccan

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BOOK 1990 · English
Polygamy in Islam Bilal Philips with Jamila Jones

A study of the rationale and legal rules of polygamy in Islam, written with Jamila Jones.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (borrowable)

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Philips, Bilal. Polygamy in Islam. 1990. Internet Archive (borrowable), https://archive.org/details/polygamyinislamr0000phil. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/bilal-philips/#bilal-philips-polygamy-in-islam

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BOOK 1990 · French
The Forgotten Queens of Islam Sultanes oubliées : femmes chefs d'État en Islam Fatima Mernissi

Recovers the histories of women who held sovereign power in Muslim lands and asks why they were written out of collective memory.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (borrowable)

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Mernissi, Fatima. The Forgotten Queens of Islam. 1990. Internet Archive (borrowable), https://archive.org/details/sultanesoubliees0000mern. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/mernissi/#mernissi-the-forgotten-queens-of-islam

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PAMPHLET 1992 · Urdu
Khutba-e-Sadarat: Jamia Nur-ul-Islam Niswan, Lucknow خطبۂ صدارت نور الاسلام نسواں، لکھنؤ، منعقدہ 15-16/اپریل 1992ء Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī Nadwī

Presidential address on women's duties (15-16 April 1992)

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: abulhasanalinadwi.org

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Nadwī, Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī. Khutba-e-Sadarat: Jamia Nur-ul-Islam Niswan, Lucknow. 1992. https://abulhasanalinadwi.org/books/khawateen%20ki%20zimmedari-khutbae%20sadaarat%20at%20jamia%20nurul%20islam%20niswa%20lucknow-15-16%20april-1992.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/nadwi/#nadwi-u188-khutba-e-sadarat-jamia-nur-ul-islam-niswan-lucknow

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BOOK 1992 · English
Qur'an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's Perspective Amina Wadud

Based on her doctoral research, a gender-inclusive reading of Qur'anic passages on creation, the afterlife and women's roles, arguing that the text affirms the equal moral worth of women and men.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: archive.org

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Wadud, Amina. Qur'an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's Perspective. 1992. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/amina-wadud/#amina-wadud-quran-and-woman-rereading-the-sacred-text-from

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BOOK 1992 · Arabic
Ta'ammulat Islamiyya hawla al-Mar'a تأملات إسلامية حول المرأة Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah

Islamic reflections on women's status and role.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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Fadlallah, Muhammad Husayn. Ta'ammulat Islamiyya hawla al-Mar'a. 1992. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/muhammad-husayn-fadlallah/#muhammad-husayn-fadlallah-taammulat-islamiyya-hawla-al-mara

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COLLECTION 1993 · English
Women's Rebellion and Islamic Memory Fatima Mernissi

Collected essays on women, religion and politics in the Muslim world, including reflections on fundamentalism and women's protest.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: not yet recorded

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Mernissi, Fatima. Women's Rebellion and Islamic Memory. 1993. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/mernissi/#mernissi-womens-rebellion-and-islamic-memory

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MEMOIR 1994 · English
Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood Fatima Mernissi

A memoir of her childhood in a Fez household harem in the 1940s, told through the women around her and their dreams of freedom.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (UK edition 'The Harem Within', borrowable)

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Mernissi, Fatima. Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood. 1994. Internet Archive (UK edition 'The Harem Within', borrowable), https://archive.org/details/haremwithin0000mern. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/mernissi/#mernissi-dreams-of-trespass-tales-of-a-harem-girlhood

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PAMPHLET 1995 · Urdu
Aurat ki Sarbarahi ki Shar'i Haisiyat عورت کی سربراہی کی شرعی حیثیت Rafi Usmani

An Urdu treatise on the legal status of a woman as head of state.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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Usmani, Rafi. Aurat ki Sarbarahi ki Shar'i Haisiyat. 1995. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/rafi-usmani/#rafi-usmani-aurat-ki-sarbarahi-ki-shari-haisiyat

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BOOK 1995 · English
Gender Equity in Islam: Basic Principles Jamal Badawi

An outline of Islamic teaching on the equity of men and women in religion, family and society.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: Sound Vision (reproduced with the author's permission)

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Badawi, Jamal. Gender Equity in Islam: Basic Principles. 1995. Sound Vision (reproduced with the author's permission), https://www.soundvision.com/book/export/html/2691. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/jamal-badawi/#jamal-badawi-gender-equity-in-islam-basic-principles

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BOOK 1995 · English
Hijab in Islam Wahiduddin Khan

A short study of the Islamic rules and rationale of hijab.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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Khan, Wahiduddin. Hijab in Islam. 1995. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/wahiduddin-khan/#wahiduddin-khan-hijab-in-islam

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PAPER 1995 · English
Towards a Qur'anic Hermeneutics of Social Justice: Race, Class and Gender Amina Wadud

Journal article proposing a Qur'anic hermeneutic centred on justice that addresses race and class alongside gender.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: cambridge.org

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Wadud, Amina. Towards a Qur'anic Hermeneutics of Social Justice: Race, Class and Gender. 1995. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/amina-wadud/#amina-wadud-towards-a-quranic-hermeneutics-of-social-justice-race

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BOOK 1996 · Arabic
Al-Mar'a bayna Tughyan al-Nizam al-Gharbi wa-Lata'if al-Tashri' al-Rabbani المرأة بين طغيان النظام الغربي ولطائف التشريع الرباني Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Bouti

A book contrasting the position of women under Islamic law with that in Western societies, with chapters on the sources of women's rights and duties in each.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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al-Bouti, Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan. Al-Mar'a bayna Tughyan al-Nizam al-Gharbi wa-Lata'if al-Tashri' al-Rabbani. 1996. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/al-marat-bain-tughyan-un-nizam-al-gharabi. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/muhammad-said-ramadan-al-bouti/#muhammad-said-ramadan-al-bouti-al-mara-bayna-tughyan-al-nizam-al-gharbi-wa-lataif-al

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BOOK 1996 · English
Sufi Women of America: Angels in the Making Laleh Bakhtiar

Portraits and testimonies of women in Sufi orders in the United States.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (borrowable)

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Bakhtiar, Laleh. Sufi Women of America: Angels in the Making. 1996. Internet Archive (borrowable), https://archive.org/details/sufiwomenofameri0000bakh. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/laleh-bakhtiar/#laleh-bakhtiar-sufi-women-of-america-angels-in-the-making

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BOOK 1997 · Arabic
Dunya al-Mar'a دنيا المرأة Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah

A book on women's world and questions concerning women in Islamic thought and society.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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Fadlallah, Muhammad Husayn. Dunya al-Mar'a. 1997. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/muhammad-husayn-fadlallah/#muhammad-husayn-fadlallah-dunya-al-mara

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ESSAY 1999 · English
Islam, Irigaray, and the Retrieval of Gender Abdal Hakim Murad (T. J. Winter)

Engages the feminist philosopher Luce Irigaray to argue that Islamic tradition affirms gender difference and offers resources against modern androgynous and patriarchal distortions alike.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: masud.co.uk

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Winter), Abdal Hakim Murad (T. J.. Islam, Irigaray, and the Retrieval of Gender. 1999. masud.co.uk, https://masud.co.uk/ISLAM/ahm/gender.htm. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/abdal-hakim-murad/#abdal-hakim-murad-islam-irigaray-and-the-retrieval-of-gender

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CHAPTER 2000 · English
Alternative Qur'anic Interpretation and the Status of Muslim Women Amina Wadud

Chapter in the volume Windows of Faith (ed. Gisela Webb) on how alternative readings of the Qur'an can reshape the status of Muslim women.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: not yet recorded

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Wadud, Amina. Alternative Qur'anic Interpretation and the Status of Muslim Women. 2000. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/amina-wadud/#amina-wadud-alternative-quranic-interpretation-and-the-status-of-muslim

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INTERVIEW 2000 · Persian
Contraction and Expansion of Women's Rights Abdolkarim Soroush

An interview applying his hermeneutic theory to women's rights in Islamic law.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Author's official website (English translation)

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Soroush, Abdolkarim. Contraction and Expansion of Women's Rights. 2000. Author's official website (English translation), https://www.drsoroush.com/English/Interviews/E-INT-20000200-Contraction_and_Expansion_of_Womens_Rights.html. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/soroush/#soroush-contraction-and-expansion-of-womens-rights

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BOOK 2000 · English
Woman in Islamic Perspective Khalid Saifullah Rahmani

An English-language account of the position and rights of women under Islamic law.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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Rahmani, Khalid Saifullah. Woman in Islamic Perspective. 2000. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/khalid-saifullah-rahmani/#khalid-saifullah-rahmani-woman-in-islamic-perspective

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BOOK 2001 · English
Scheherazade Goes West: Different Cultures, Different Harems Fatima Mernissi

Contrasts Muslim and Western imaginings of the harem and argues that Western beauty norms constitute a harem of their own.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (borrowable)

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Mernissi, Fatima. Scheherazade Goes West: Different Cultures, Different Harems. 2001. Internet Archive (borrowable), https://archive.org/details/scheherazadegoes00mernrich. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/mernissi/#mernissi-scheherazade-goes-west-different-cultures-different-harems

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BOOK 2001 · English
Speaking in God's Name: Islamic Law, Authority and Women Khaled Abou El Fadl

A critique of authoritarian reading of religious texts in modern legal opinions, with a case study of rulings concerning women.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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Fadl, Khaled Abou El. Speaking in God's Name: Islamic Law, Authority and Women. 2001. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/khaled-abou-el-fadl/#khaled-abou-el-fadl-speaking-in-god-s-name-islamic-law-authority-and-women

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BOOK 2002 · English
"Believing Women" in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an Asma Barlas

An argument that the Qur'an's teachings are not patriarchal and that sexist interpretations come from the history of its readers.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (borrowable)

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Barlas, Asma. "Believing Women" in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an. 2002. Internet Archive (borrowable), https://archive.org/details/believingwomenin0000barl. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/asma-barlas/#asma-barlas-believing-women-in-islam-unreading-patriarchal

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ESSAY 2002 · English
Aishah's Legacy: The Struggle for Women's Rights within Islam Amina Wadud

Short essay invoking the example of Aisha to argue for women's rights from within the Islamic tradition; reprinted in The New Voices of Islam (2006).

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: not yet recorded

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Wadud, Amina. Aishah's Legacy: The Struggle for Women's Rights within Islam. 2002. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/amina-wadud/#amina-wadud-aishahs-legacy-the-struggle-for-womens-rights-within

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BOOK 2002 · French
Musulmane tout simplement Asma Lamrabet

A personal and reflective book on being a Muslim woman today and on the status of women in Islam.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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Lamrabet, Asma. Musulmane tout simplement. 2002. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/asma-lamrabet/#asma-lamrabet-musulmane-tout-simplement

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BOOK 2003 · French
Aisha, ou l'Islam au feminin Asma Lamrabet

A portrait of the Prophet's wife Aisha and a reflection on the place of women in early Islam.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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Lamrabet, Asma. Aisha, ou l'Islam au feminin. 2003. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/asma-lamrabet/#asma-lamrabet-aisha-ou-l-islam-au-feminin

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BOOK 2004 · Indonesian
Jilbab: Pakaian Wanita Muslimah Quraish Shihab

A survey of classical scholars' and contemporary thinkers' views on women's covering, concluding that the textual evidence admits several readings.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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Shihab, Quraish. Jilbab: Pakaian Wanita Muslimah. 2004. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/muhammad-quraish-shihab-2004-jilbab-pakaian-wanita-muslimah. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/quraish-shihab/#quraish-shihab-jilbab-pakaian-wanita-muslimah

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CHAPTER 2005 · English
Citizenship and Faith Amina Wadud

Chapter in Women and Citizenship (ed. Marilyn Friedman) reflecting on Muslim women's citizenship and religious identity.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: not yet recorded

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Wadud, Amina. Citizenship and Faith. 2005. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/amina-wadud/#amina-wadud-citizenship-and-faith

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ARTICLE 2006 · English · The Hedgehog Review 8(1–2), Spring/Summer 2006
French Secularism and the “Islamic Veil Affair” Talal Asad

Reads the 2003–04 French ban on conspicuous religious signs in schools as an exercise of state sovereignty over what counts as religion.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: The Hedgehog Review

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Asad, Talal. French Secularism and the “Islamic Veil Affair”. 2006. The Hedgehog Review, https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/after-secularization-special-double-issue/articles/french-secularism-and-the-islamic-veil-affair. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/talal-asad/#talal-asad-french-secularism-and-the-islamic-veil-affair

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BOOK 2006 · English
Inside the Gender Jihad: Women's Reform in Islam Amina Wadud

Combines autobiography and theology to describe the struggle for gender justice in Muslim communities, including her 2005 leadership of mixed-gender Friday prayer.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: archive.org

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Wadud, Amina. Inside the Gender Jihad: Women's Reform in Islam. 2006. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/amina-wadud/#amina-wadud-inside-the-gender-jihad-womens-reform-in-islam

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BOOK 2006 · English
Sexual Ethics and Islam: Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence Kecia Ali

A feminist reading of Qur'an, hadith and legal sources on marriage, divorce and sexuality; an expanded edition appeared in 2016.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (borrowable)

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Ali, Kecia. Sexual Ethics and Islam: Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence. 2006. Internet Archive (borrowable), https://archive.org/details/sexualethicsisla0000alik. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/kecia-ali/#kecia-ali-sexual-ethics-and-islam-feminist-reflections-on-qur-an

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BOOK 2007 · English
Al-Muhaddithat: The Women Scholars in Islam Mohammad Akram Nadwi

The English-language study that introduces his research on the women who transmitted and taught hadith across Islamic history.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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Nadwi, Mohammad Akram. Al-Muhaddithat: The Women Scholars in Islam. 2007. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/131990735AlMuhaddithatTheWomenScholarsInIslam. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/mohammad-akram-nadwi/#mohammad-akram-nadwi-al-muhaddithat-the-women-scholars-in-islam

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CHAPTER 2009 · English
Islam Beyond Patriarchy Through Gender Inclusive Qur'anic Analysis Amina Wadud

Contribution to Musawah's founding volume arguing from the Qur'an's principle of tawhid that gender equality is integral to Islam.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Musawah (free PDF of the full volume)

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Wadud, Amina. Islam Beyond Patriarchy Through Gender Inclusive Qur'anic Analysis. 2009. Musawah (free PDF of the full volume), https://www.musawah.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/MusawahWanted_En.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/amina-wadud/#amina-wadud-islam-beyond-patriarchy-through-gender-inclusive-quranic-analysis

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BOOK 2010 · English
Marriage and Slavery in Early Islam Kecia Ali

An analysis of how early Muslim jurists understood marriage in light of the institution of slavery, and what the legal sources reveal about both.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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Ali, Kecia. Marriage and Slavery in Early Islam. 2010. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/kecia-ali/#kecia-ali-marriage-and-slavery-in-early-islam

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BOOK 2011 · English
The Prohibition of Domestic Violence in Islam Hisham Kabbani with Homayra Ziad

A fatwa-style study arguing from the Qur'an and hadith that Islam forbids domestic violence.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (borrowable)

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Kabbani, Hisham. The Prohibition of Domestic Violence in Islam. 2011. Internet Archive (borrowable), https://archive.org/details/prohibitionofdom0000kabb. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/hisham-kabbani/#hisham-kabbani-the-prohibition-of-domestic-violence-in-islam

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BOOK 2012 · French
Femmes et hommes dans le Coran, quelle egalite ? Asma Lamrabet

A study of what the Qur'an says about the relation between women and men, arguing for an egalitarian reading.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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Lamrabet, Asma. Femmes et hommes dans le Coran, quelle egalite ?. 2012. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/asma-lamrabet/#asma-lamrabet-femmes-et-hommes-dans-le-coran-quelle-egalite

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CHAPTER 2015 · English
The Ethics of Tawhid over the Ethics of Qiwamah Amina Wadud

Chapter in Men in Charge? Rethinking Authority in Muslim Legal Tradition arguing that the ethics of divine unity should override the doctrine of male guardianship (qiwamah).

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: not yet recorded

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Wadud, Amina. The Ethics of Tawhid over the Ethics of Qiwamah. 2015. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/amina-wadud/#amina-wadud-the-ethics-of-tawhid-over-the-ethics-of

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PAPER 2016 · English · Yaqeen Institute
Islam is not the Cause of Honor Killings. It’s Part of the Solution. Jonathan A. C. Brown

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Brown, Jonathan A. C.. Islam is not the Cause of Honor Killings. It’s Part of the Solution.. 2016. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/islam-is-not-the-cause-of-honor-killings-its-part-of-the-solution. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/jonathan-brown/#yq-islam-is-not-the-cause-of-honor-killings-its-part

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BOOK 2016 · English
Women in the Qur'an: An Emancipatory Reading Asma Lamrabet

An English-language reading of the Qur'anic treatment of women, presenting the text as a source of dignity and equality rather than subordination.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (borrowable)

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Lamrabet, Asma. Women in the Qur'an: An Emancipatory Reading. 2016. Internet Archive (borrowable), https://archive.org/details/womeninquraneman0000lamr. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/asma-lamrabet/#asma-lamrabet-women-in-the-quran-an-emancipatory-reading

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PAPER 2018 · English · Yaqeen Institute
Aisha (ra): The Case for an Older Age in Sunni Hadith Scholarship Arnold Yasin Mol · Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Mol, Arnold Yasin. Aisha (ra): The Case for an Older Age in Sunni Hadith Scholarship. 2018. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/aisha-ra-the-case-for-an-older-age-in-sunni-hadith-scholarship. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yaqeen-institute/#yq-aisha-ra-the-case-for-an-older-age-in-sunni

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ESSAY 2018 · English · American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 35, no. 2
Editorial (AJISS 35:2) Ovamir Anjum

Introduces an issue including Shirin Saeidi's essay on the ethics of feminist research on Iran's Hezbollah.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: American Journal of Islam and Society (open access)

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Anjum, Ovamir. Editorial (AJISS 35:2). 2018. American Journal of Islam and Society (open access), https://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/download/827/153. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/ovamir-anjum/#anjum-editorial-ajiss-35-2

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PAPER 2018 · English · Yaqeen Institute
The Age of Aisha (ra): Rejecting Historical Revisionism and Modernist Presumptions Anonymous Guest Contributor · Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Contributor, Anonymous Guest. The Age of Aisha (ra): Rejecting Historical Revisionism and Modernist Presumptions. 2018. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/the-age-of-aisha-ra-rejecting-historical-revisionism-and-modernist-presumptions. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yaqeen-institute/#yq-the-age-of-aisha-ra-rejecting-historical-revisionism-and-modernist

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PAPER 2018 · English · Yaqeen Institute
Understanding Aisha’s Age: An Interdisciplinary Approach Jonathan A. C. Brown with Asadullah Ali Al-Andalusi

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Brown, Jonathan A. C.. Understanding Aisha’s Age: An Interdisciplinary Approach. 2018. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/understanding-aishas-age-an-interdisciplinary-approach. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/jonathan-brown/#yq-understanding-aishas-age-an-interdisciplinary-approach

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PAPER 2018 · English · Yaqeen Institute
Why Did Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Marry Aisha? Dismantling the Controversy of Aisha’s Age Nuriddeen Knight · Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Knight, Nuriddeen. Why Did Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Marry Aisha? Dismantling the Controversy of Aisha’s Age. 2018. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/why-did-prophet-muhammad-marry-aisha-dismantling-the-controversy-of-aishas-age. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yaqeen-institute/#yq-why-did-prophet-muhammad-marry-aisha-dismantling-the-controversy-of

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BOOK 2018 · English
Women and Men in the Qur'an Asma Lamrabet

The English translation of her study of gender equality in the Qur'an, translated by Muneera Salem-Murdock.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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Lamrabet, Asma. Women and Men in the Qur'an. 2018. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/asma-lamrabet/#asma-lamrabet-women-and-men-in-the-quran

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PAPER 2019 · English · Yaqeen Institute
“And We Created You in Pairs”: Islam and the Gender Question Faatimah Knight · Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Knight, Faatimah. “And We Created You in Pairs”: Islam and the Gender Question. 2019. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/and-we-created-you-in-pairs-islam-and-the-gender-question. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yaqeen-institute/#yq-and-we-created-you-in-pairs-islam-and-the-gender

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PAPER 2019 · English · Yaqeen Institute
“Be a Man!” Constructing Prophetic Masculinity Yahya Ibrahim · Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Ibrahim, Yahya. “Be a Man!” Constructing Prophetic Masculinity. 2019. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/be-a-man-constructing-prophetic-masculinity. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yaqeen-institute/#yq-be-a-man-constructing-prophetic-masculinity

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PAPER 2019 · English · Yaqeen Institute
“We Used to Have No Regard for Women”: Gender Equity & the Advent of Islam Omar Suleiman with Roohi Tahir and Mohammad Elshinawy and Maryam Al-Dabbagh

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Suleiman, Omar. “We Used to Have No Regard for Women”: Gender Equity & the Advent of Islam. 2019. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/we-used-to-have-no-regard-for-women-gender-equity-the-advent-of-islam. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/omar-suleiman/#yq-we-used-to-have-no-regard-for-women-gender-equity

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PAPER 2019 · English · Yaqeen Institute
An Open Letter to Muslim Men: The Sunnah Trumps Toxic Masculinity Jonathan A. C. Brown

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Brown, Jonathan A. C.. An Open Letter to Muslim Men: The Sunnah Trumps Toxic Masculinity. 2019. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/an-open-letter-to-muslim-men-the-sunnah-trumps-toxic-masculinity. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/jonathan-brown/#yq-an-open-letter-to-muslim-men-the-sunnah-trumps-toxic

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PAPER 2019 · English · Yaqeen Institute
Courage & Commitment: The Femininity of Muslim Women Tamara Gray · Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Gray, Tamara. Courage & Commitment: The Femininity of Muslim Women. 2019. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/courage-commitment-the-femininity-of-muslim-women. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yaqeen-institute/#yq-courage-commitment-the-femininity-of-muslim-women

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PAPER 2019 · English · Yaqeen Institute
Women in Islamic Law: Examining Five Prevalent Myths Nazir Khan with Tesneem Alkiek and Safiah Chowdhury

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Khan, Nazir. Women in Islamic Law: Examining Five Prevalent Myths. 2019. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/women-in-islamic-law-examining-five-prevalent-myths. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/nazir-khan/#yq-women-in-islamic-law-examining-five-prevalent-myths

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PAPER 2020 · English · Yaqeen Institute
Barred From That Which You Love: Lessons From the Life of Umm Salamah Nuriddeen Knight · Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Knight, Nuriddeen. Barred From That Which You Love: Lessons From the Life of Umm Salamah. 2020. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/barred-from-that-which-you-love-lessons-from-the-life-of-umm-salamah. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yaqeen-institute/#yq-barred-from-that-which-you-love-lessons-from-the-life

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PAPER 2020 · English · Yaqeen Institute
Do the Qur’an and Sunnah Speak More Often to Men than Women? Jonathan A. C. Brown

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Brown, Jonathan A. C.. Do the Qur’an and Sunnah Speak More Often to Men than Women?. 2020. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/do-the-quran-and-sunnah-speak-more-often-to-men-than-women. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/jonathan-brown/#yq-do-the-quran-and-sunnah-speak-more-often-to-men

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PAPER 2020 · English · Yaqeen Institute
Gender Uniqueness in Islam and the Significance of Fatherhood Mohammad Elshinawy with Tahir Khwaja

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Elshinawy, Mohammad. Gender Uniqueness in Islam and the Significance of Fatherhood. 2020. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/gender-uniqueness-in-islam-and-the-significance-of-fatherhood. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/mohammad-elshinawy/#yq-gender-uniqueness-in-islam-and-the-significance-of-fatherhood

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ESSAY 2020 · English · MuslimMatters
The Islamic Perspectives and Rulings on Rape and Sexual Assault Yasir Qadhi

An essay by Yasir Qadhi on MuslimMatters.

Archived 16 October 2026 · Source: MuslimMatters

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Qadhi, Yasir. The Islamic Perspectives and Rulings on Rape and Sexual Assault. 2020. MuslimMatters, https://muslimmatters.org/2020/02/11/the-islamic-perspectives-and-rulings-on-rape-and-sexual-assault/. Archived 16 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yasir-qadhi/#yasir-qadhi-rulings-on-rape-and-sexual-assault

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PAPER 2020 · English · Yaqeen Institute
Women in the Qur’an: Appreciating Female Faith, Wisdom, and Knowledge Celene Ibrahim · Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Ibrahim, Celene. Women in the Qur’an: Appreciating Female Faith, Wisdom, and Knowledge. 2020. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/women-in-the-quran-appreciating-female-faith-wisdom-and-knowledge. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yaqeen-institute/#yq-women-in-the-quran-appreciating-female-faith-wisdom-and-knowledge

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BOOK 2021 · Arabic
Al-Wafa bi-Asma al-Nisa الوفاء بأسماء النساء Mohammad Akram Nadwi

A multi-volume Arabic biographical dictionary of women who narrated or taught hadith.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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Nadwi, Mohammad Akram. Al-Wafa bi-Asma al-Nisa. 2021. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/mohammad-akram-nadwi/#mohammad-akram-nadwi-al-wafa-bi-asma-al-nisa

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PAPER 2021 · English · Yaqeen Institute
Hijab, Gendered Islamophobia, and the Lived Experiences of Muslim Women Naved Bakali and Nour Soubani · Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Soubani, Naved Bakali and Nour. Hijab, Gendered Islamophobia, and the Lived Experiences of Muslim Women. 2021. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/hijab-gendered-islamophobia-and-the-lived-experiences-of-muslim-women. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yaqeen-institute/#yq-hijab-gendered-islamophobia-and-the-lived-experiences-of-muslim-women

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PAPER 2021 · English · Yaqeen Institute
Hijab: Spotlighting Servitude to God Roohi Tahir · Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Tahir, Roohi. Hijab: Spotlighting Servitude to God. 2021. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/hijab-spotlighting-servitude-to-god. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yaqeen-institute/#yq-hijab-spotlighting-servitude-to-god

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PAPER 2021 · English · Yaqeen Institute
Is Hijab Religious or Cultural? How Islamic Rulings Are Formed Tesneem Alkiek

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Alkiek, Tesneem. Is Hijab Religious or Cultural? How Islamic Rulings Are Formed. 2021. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/is-hijab-religious-or-cultural-how-islamic-rulings-are-formed. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/tesneem-alkiek/#yq-is-hijab-religious-or-cultural-how-islamic-rulings-are-formed

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PAPER 2021 · English
Reflections on Islamic Feminist Exegesis of the Qur'an Amina Wadud

Open-access article reflecting on the development, methods and future of Islamic feminist interpretation of the Qur'an.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Religions (MDPI, open access)

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Wadud, Amina. Reflections on Islamic Feminist Exegesis of the Qur'an. 2021. Religions (MDPI, open access), https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/7/497. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/amina-wadud/#amina-wadud-reflections-on-islamic-feminist-exegesis-of-the-quran

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ESSAY 2022 · English · MuslimMatters
Fatwa Regarding Transgenderism Yasir Qadhi

An essay by Yasir Qadhi on MuslimMatters.

Archived 16 October 2026 · Source: MuslimMatters

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Qadhi, Yasir. Fatwa Regarding Transgenderism. 2022. MuslimMatters, https://muslimmatters.org/2022/06/21/fatwa-regarding-transgenderism/. Archived 16 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yasir-qadhi/#yasir-qadhi-fatwa-regarding-transgenderism

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MEMOIR 2022 · English
Once in a Lifetime Amina Wadud

A spiritual memoir that introduces the five pillars of Islam from a progressive, gender-inclusive perspective.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: newbooksnetwork.com

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Wadud, Amina. Once in a Lifetime. 2022. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/amina-wadud/#amina-wadud-once-in-a-lifetime

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PAPER 2022 · English · Yaqeen Institute
The Prophet’s ﷺ Marriage to Zaynab bint Jaḥsh: A Reexamination from a Historiographic Perspective Hasan Ashraf · Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Ashraf, Hasan. The Prophet’s ﷺ Marriage to Zaynab bint Jaḥsh: A Reexamination from a Historiographic Perspective. 2022. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/the-prophets-marriage-to-zaynab-bint-jahsh. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yaqeen-institute/#yq-the-prophets-marriage-to-zaynab-bint-jahsh

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PAPER 2023 · English · Yaqeen Institute
A Plea to Saintly Women: The Life and Legacy of Nana Asma’u Faatimah Knight · Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Knight, Faatimah. A Plea to Saintly Women: The Life and Legacy of Nana Asma’u. 2023. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/a-plea-to-saintly-women-the-life-and-legacy-of-nana-asmau. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yaqeen-institute/#yq-a-plea-to-saintly-women-the-life-and-legacy-of

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ARTICLE 2023 · English · Yaqeen Institute (blog)
World Hijab Day: Answering 5 Common Questions About Hijab Tesneem Alkiek

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Alkiek, Tesneem. World Hijab Day: Answering 5 Common Questions About Hijab. 2023. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/blog/world-hijab-day-answering-5-common-questions-about-hijab. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/tesneem-alkiek/#yq-world-hijab-day-answering-5-common-questions-about-hijab

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ARTICLE 2024 · English · Yaqeen Institute (blog)
The Last Ten Nights on Your Period Jinan Yousef · Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Yousef, Jinan. The Last Ten Nights on Your Period. 2024. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/blog/the-last-ten-nights-on-your-period. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yaqeen-institute/#yq-the-last-ten-nights-on-your-period

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BOOK 2024 · English
The Woman Question in Islamic Studies Kecia Ali

A critical look at how questions about women have shaped, and been shaped by, the academic study of Islam.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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Ali, Kecia. The Woman Question in Islamic Studies. 2024. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/kecia-ali/#kecia-ali-the-woman-question-in-islamic-studies

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PAPER 2025 · English · Yaqeen Institute
Marriage and Gender Roles in Islam: Beyond Rights and Duties Tesneem Alkiek

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Alkiek, Tesneem. Marriage and Gender Roles in Islam: Beyond Rights and Duties. 2025. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/marriage-and-gender-roles-in-islam-beyond-rights-and-duties. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/tesneem-alkiek/#yq-marriage-and-gender-roles-in-islam-beyond-rights-and-duties

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ARTICLE 2025 · English · Yaqeen Institute (blog)
Mary in the Qur’an: The Power of Faith in the Face of Pain and Scorn Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Research, Yaqeen Institute for Islamic. Mary in the Qur’an: The Power of Faith in the Face of Pain and Scorn. 2025. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/blog/mary-in-the-quran-the-power-of-faith-in-the-face-of-pain-and-scorn. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yaqeen-institute/#yq-mary-in-the-quran-the-power-of-faith-in-the

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PAPER 2026 · English · Yaqeen Institute
Female Scholars in Islamic History: Revisiting Their Pivotal Role Jude Elziq · Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Elziq, Jude. Female Scholars in Islamic History: Revisiting Their Pivotal Role. 2026. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/female-scholars-in-islamic-history-revisiting-their-pivotal-role. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yaqeen-institute/#yq-female-scholars-in-islamic-history-revisiting-their-pivotal-role

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PAMPHLET Arabic
Al-Niqāb bayna Farḍiyyatihi wa-Bidʿiyyatih النقاب بين فرضيته وبدعيته Yusuf al-Qaradawi

Discusses whether the face veil is obligatory or an innovation.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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al-Qaradawi, Yusuf. Al-Niqāb bayna Farḍiyyatihi wa-Bidʿiyyatih. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/download/117-pdf_20210523/117%20%20%20%20pdf%20%20%20%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%20%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A%20%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A8%20%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%20%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B6%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%87%20%D9%88%20%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%87%20-%20%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AE%D8%A9%20%D9%85%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A9.pdf. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yusuf-al-qaradawi/#yusuf-al-qaradawi-al-niqab-bayna-fardiyyatihi-wa-bidiyyatih-ar

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PAMPHLET Urdu
Aurat Iqbal ke Kalam mein عورت اقبال کے کلام میں Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī Nadwī

Woman in Iqbal's poetry

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: abulhasanalinadwi.org

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Nadwī, Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī. Aurat Iqbal ke Kalam mein. https://abulhasanalinadwi.org/books/aurat%20iqbal%20ke%20kalaam%20me.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/nadwi/#nadwi-u031-aurat-iqbal-ke-kalam-mein

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TRANSLATION Persian
Āzādī-yi zan آزادی زن Muḥammad Quṭb

Persian translation of the women's emancipation chapter of Waqi'una al-mu'asir.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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Quṭb, Muḥammad. Āzādī-yi zan. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/abu-abdurahman-kurdi-f_barid_20180210_1019. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/muhammad-qutb/#muhammad-qutb-azadi-yi-zan-persian

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PAMPHLET Urdu
Biwi ke Huqooq aur us ki Haisiyat بیوی کے حقوق اور اس کی حیثیت Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Sets out a wife’s rights and position under Islamic law and the spouses’ duties to each other.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: muftitaqiusmani.com (official site)

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Usmani, Muhammad Taqi. Biwi ke Huqooq aur us ki Haisiyat. muftitaqiusmani.com (official site), https://muftitaqiusmani.com/wp-content/uploads/urdu-books/Islah-e-Muashra/bivi_kay_huqooq_aur_uski_haisiat.pdf. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/taqi-usmani/#taqi-usmani-biwi-ke-huqooq-aur-us-ki-haisiyat-ur

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BOOK English
Commentary on Sermon 80 of Nahj al-Balagha Naser Makarem Shirazi

A booklet explaining Imam Ali's much-discussed sermon on the 'deficiencies' of women and putting it into context.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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Shirazi, Naser Makarem. Commentary on Sermon 80 of Nahj al-Balagha. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/commentary_on_sermon_80_of_nahjul_balaghah. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/naser-makarem-shirazi/#naser-makarem-shirazi-commentary-on-sermon-80-of-nahj-al-balagha

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VIDEO Arabic · YouTube (Manar al-Huda)
Dawr al-marʾa al-muslima fī al-mujtamaʿ (lecture) دور المرأة المسلمة في المجتمع Muḥammad Quṭb

Lecture (1h35) on the role of the Muslim woman in society.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: YouTube

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Quṭb, Muḥammad. Dawr al-marʾa al-muslima fī al-mujtamaʿ (lecture). YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HezLrb2QiTI. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/muhammad-qutb/#muhammad-qutb-dawr-al-mara-al-muslima-fi-al-mujtama

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SPEECH Persian
Expectations from the Muslim Woman انتظارات مردم از زن مسلمان ʿAlī Sharīʿatī

A lecture asking what society expects of the modern Muslim woman and proposing a path between inherited custom and imported Western models.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Shariati.com (English translation)

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Sharīʿatī, ʿAlī. Expectations from the Muslim Woman. Shariati.com (English translation), https://www.shariati.com/english/woman/woman1.html. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/shariati/#shariati-expectations-from-the-muslim-woman

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COLLECTION Arabic
Fatāwā al-Marʾa al-Muslima فتاوى المرأة المسلمة Yusuf al-Qaradawi

Selected fatwas answering questions about Muslim women.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: al-qaradawi.net

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al-Qaradawi, Yusuf. Fatāwā al-Marʾa al-Muslima. al-qaradawi.net, https://www.al-qaradawi.net/sites/default/files/pdf/da183-FATAWA-ELMAHRAA-ELMOSLIMA.pdf. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yusuf-al-qaradawi/#yusuf-al-qaradawi-fatawa-al-mara-al-muslima-ar

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BOOK Persian
Fatima Is Fatima فاطمه فاطمه است ʿAlī Sharīʿatī

A lecture presenting the Prophet's daughter Fāṭima as a model for Muslim women who reject both traditional passivity and Westernised consumer identity.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Shariati.com (English translation)

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Sharīʿatī, ʿAlī. Fatima Is Fatima. Shariati.com (English translation), https://www.shariati.com/english/fatemeh/fatemeh1.html. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/shariati/#shariati-fatima-is-fatima

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PAMPHLET Urdu
Islam mein Aurat ka Darja aur us ke Huquq-o-Fara'iz اسلام میں عورت کا درجہ اور اس کے حقوق و فرائض Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī Nadwī

Status, rights and duties of women in Islam

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: abulhasanalinadwi.org

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Nadwī, Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī. Islam mein Aurat ka Darja aur us ke Huquq-o-Fara'iz. https://abulhasanalinadwi.org/books/islam%20me%20aurat%20ka%20darjaa%20aur%20uske%20huquq%20wa%20faraeez.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/nadwi/#nadwi-u141-islam-mein-aurat-ka-darja-aur-us-ke-huquq-o-faraiz

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PAMPHLET Urdu
Islam mein Auraton ka Maqam aur un ki Khidmat اسلام میں عورتوں کا مقام اور ان کی خدمات Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī Nadwī

Women's status and contributions in Islam

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: abulhasanalinadwi.org

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Nadwī, Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī. Islam mein Auraton ka Maqam aur un ki Khidmat. https://abulhasanalinadwi.org/books/islam%20me%20aurto%20ka%20maqaam%20aur%20unki%20khidmaat.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/nadwi/#nadwi-u142-islam-mein-auraton-ka-maqam-aur-un-ki-khidmat

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BOOK Arabic
Jilbāb al-marʾa al-muslima fī l-kitāb wa-l-sunna جلباب المرأة المسلمة في الكتاب والسنة Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani

The enlarged later edition of his book on women's dress.

Archived 16 October 2026 · Source: Shamela

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al-Albani, Muhammad Nasir al-Din. Jilbāb al-marʾa al-muslima fī l-kitāb wa-l-sunna. Shamela, https://shamela.ws/book/9994. Archived 16 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/albani/#albani-jilbab-al-mara-al-muslima

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BOOK Indonesian
Kedudukan Perempuan dalam Islam Hamka

A book on the position of women in Islam.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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Hamka. Kedudukan Perempuan dalam Islam. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/hamka/#hamka-kedudukan-perempuan-dalam-islam

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PAMPHLET Urdu
Khawatin aur Din ki Khidmat خواتین اور دین کی خدمت Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī Nadwī

Women and service to religion

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: abulhasanalinadwi.org

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Nadwī, Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī. Khawatin aur Din ki Khidmat. https://abulhasanalinadwi.org/books/khawateen%20aur%20deen%20ki%20khidmat.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/nadwi/#nadwi-u167-khawatin-aur-din-ki-khidmat

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PAMPHLET Urdu
Khawatin-e-Islam ka Tarikhi Kirdar aur un ke Maujuda Fara'iz خواتین اسلام کا تاریخی کردار اور ان کے موجودہ فرائض Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī Nadwī

Historical role of Muslim women and their present duties

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: abulhasanalinadwi.org

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Nadwī, Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī. Khawatin-e-Islam ka Tarikhi Kirdar aur un ke Maujuda Fara'iz. https://abulhasanalinadwi.org/books/khawateene%20islam%20ka%20taareekhi%20kirdar%20unke%20mawjuda%20faraaiz.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/nadwi/#nadwi-u168-khawatin-e-islam-ka-tarikhi-kirdar-aur-un-ke-maujuda-faraiz

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BOOK Arabic
Markaz al-Marʾa fī l-Ḥayāt al-Islāmiyya مركز المرأة في الحياة الإسلامية Yusuf al-Qaradawi

Outlines the position and role of women in Islamic life.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: al-qaradawi.net

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al-Qaradawi, Yusuf. Markaz al-Marʾa fī l-Ḥayāt al-Islāmiyya. al-qaradawi.net, https://www.al-qaradawi.net/sites/default/files/pdf/b59f8-markas-elmaraa.pdf. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yusuf-al-qaradawi/#yusuf-al-qaradawi-markaz-al-mara-fi-l-hayat-al-islamiyya-ar

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SPEECH Hindi
Nari ki Pratishtha aur uske Adhikaron ki Bahali नारी की प्रतिष्ठा और उसके अधिकारों की Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī Nadwī

Restoring the dignity and rights of women. Translated.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: abulhasanalinadwi.org

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Nadwī, Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī. Nari ki Pratishtha aur uske Adhikaron ki Bahali. https://abulhasanalinadwi.org/books/naari%20ki%20pratishtha%20aur%20uske%20adhikaaro%20ki%20bahaali-hindi-14874.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/nadwi/#nadwi-x097-nari-ki-pratishtha-aur-uske-adhikaron-ki-bahali

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PAMPHLET English
Polygamy in Islamic Law Jamal Badawi

A short account of the Islamic legal rules on plural marriage.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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Badawi, Jamal. Polygamy in Islamic Law. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/jamal-badawi/#jamal-badawi-polygamy-in-islamic-law

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PAMPHLET Arabic
Qaḍiyyat taḥrīr al-marʾa قضية تحرير المرأة Muḥammad Quṭb

Separately published chapter of Waqi'una al-mu'asir on the women's emancipation movement in Egypt.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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Quṭb, Muḥammad. Qaḍiyyat taḥrīr al-marʾa. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/islamyaseen82_gmail_20190412_1215. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/muhammad-qutb/#muhammad-qutb-qadiyyat-tahrir-al-mara

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PAMPHLET English
Religious Obligations of Muslim Women Israr Ahmad

English translation of his tract on the religious duties of Muslim women.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Tanzeem-e-Islami (tanzeem.org)

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Ahmad, Israr. Religious Obligations of Muslim Women. Tanzeem-e-Islami (tanzeem.org), https://tanzeem.org/wp-content/uploads/files/pdf/english-books/Religious_Obligations_Women.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/israr-ahmad/#israr-ahmad-religious-obligations-of-muslim-women-en

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BOOK Persian
Sexual Ethics in Islam and in the Western World اخلاق جنسی در اسلام و جهان غرب Murtaḍā Muṭahharī

A critique of modern Western theories of sexual freedom, notably Russell's, set against an Islamic ethic of regulated desire within marriage.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Al-Islam.org (English translation)

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Muṭahharī, Murtaḍā. Sexual Ethics in Islam and in the Western World. Al-Islam.org (English translation), https://www.al-islam.org/sexual-ethics-islam-and-western-world-murtadha-mutahhari. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/mutahhari/#mutahhari-sexual-ethics-in-islam-and-in-the-western

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PAMPHLET English
The Case of Hudood Ordinances Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Defends Pakistan’s Hudood Ordinances against criticism from legal and women’s-rights groups.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (user upload)

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Usmani, Muhammad Taqi. The Case of Hudood Ordinances. Internet Archive (user upload), https://archive.org/download/TaqiUsmaniEnglish/TheCaseOfHudooddOrdinances.pdf. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/taqi-usmani/#taqi-usmani-the-case-of-hudood-ordinances

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TRANSLATION English
The Dress Code for the Muslim Women (English) Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani

An English item on archive.org titled as a translation of his book on women's dress; whether it is a complete translation was not verified.

Archived 16 October 2026 · Source: archive.org

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al-Albani, Muhammad Nasir al-Din. The Dress Code for the Muslim Women (English). archive.org, https://archive.org/details/the-dress-code-for-the-muslim-women-sh.-al-albani. Archived 16 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/albani/#albani-the-dress-code-for-the-muslim-women

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COLLECTION Turkish
The Flashes Lem'alar Said Nursi

Thirty-three treatises on theology, devotion, the Sunna, illness, old age and Islamic dress, forming the third main volume of the Risale-i Nur.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: eRisale (English translation)

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Nursi, Said. The Flashes. eRisale (English translation), https://www.erisale.com/en/flashes/fihrist. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/said-nursi/#said-nursi-the-flashes

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BOOK Persian
The Islamic Modest Dress مسئله حجاب Murtaḍā Muṭahharī

A juristic and social discussion of hijab, its Qur'anic basis, its limits (face and hands) and the philosophy behind it, written in response to modernist critiques.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Al-Islam.org (English translation)

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Muṭahharī, Murtaḍā. The Islamic Modest Dress. Al-Islam.org (English translation), https://www.al-islam.org/islamic-modest-dress-murtadha-mutahhari. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/mutahhari/#mutahhari-the-islamic-modest-dress

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PAMPHLET English
The Muslim Woman's Dress According to the Qur'an and the Sunnah Jamal Badawi

A short study of the Qur'anic and hadith guidance on Muslim women's dress.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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Badawi, Jamal. The Muslim Woman's Dress According to the Qur'an and the Sunnah. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/jamal-badawi/#jamal-badawi-the-muslim-womans-dress-according-to-the-quran-and-the

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BOOK Urdu
The Rights and Duties of Spouses حقوق الزوجین Abul Aʿlā Mawdūdī

A study of Islamic family law covering marriage, the mutual rights of husband and wife, divorce and judicial separation.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Islamicstudies.info (English translation)

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Mawdūdī, Abul Aʿlā. The Rights and Duties of Spouses. Islamicstudies.info (English translation), https://www.islamicstudies.info/literature/Rights_of_Spouses.htm. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/maududi/#maududi-the-rights-and-duties-of-spouses

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PAMPHLET English
The Status of Woman in Islam Jamal Badawi

A short introduction to the position of women in Islamic teaching.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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Badawi, Jamal. The Status of Woman in Islam. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/jamal-badawi/#jamal-badawi-the-status-of-woman-in-islam

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BOOK English
Woman Between Islam and Western Society Wahiduddin Khan

Compares the position of women under Islamic teaching with that in modern Western society.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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Khan, Wahiduddin. Woman Between Islam and Western Society. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/eb_20211018. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/wahiduddin-khan/#wahiduddin-khan-woman-between-islam-and-western-society

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