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A traditionally-trained female scholar is referred to as ʿālimah or Shaykha. [1] The inclusion of women in university settings has increased the presence of women scholars. [ 2 ] Akram Nadwi authored the largest compilation on female Islamic scholars, titled Al-Wafa bi Asma al-Nisa , spanning over two decades and containing a repository of ...
Author of O, My Muslim Sisters, Weep [55] Susan Carland: Australia: 1978 – academic [56] Kamala Chandrakirana: Indonesia – human rights activist [57] Shirin Ebadi: Iran: 1947 –; activist, Nobel Peace Prize winner for her efforts for the rights of women and children [58] Sineb El Masrar: Germany 1981 – Moroccan-German author and magazine ...
Modern specialists in Islam, Islamic history and culture. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Scholars of Islam . It includes scholars that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Set in 2010, the book also tackles the theme of life as a Muslim in the post-9/11 era. [26] Bird Summons: Published in 2019, Bird Summons is a story of three Muslim women who travel to the Scottish Highlands to visit the grave of Lady Evelyn Cobbold, the first British woman to complete the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. [27]
U Shwe Yoe (a Burmese Muslim named U Ba Ga Lay. He was also a cartoonist, actor, comedian and dancer.) He was also a cartoonist, actor, comedian and dancer.) Sikdar Aminul Haq (Bangladeshi)
In 1995, Akram Nadwi initiated a research project at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies in response to a claim made by The Times that the limited education of Muslim women could be attributed to the Islamic faith. Initially, his goal was to scrutinize ancient Arabic manuscripts in search of female scholars and their names.
Fatma Aliye: Far Country - First Female Writer of the Muslim World Timas Publishing. A novel based upon her life story. Çakır,Serpil, A Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms - Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe, 19th and 20th Centuries - Aliye, Fatma (1862–1936). pp. 21–24. (2006) Central European University ...
Maryam Jameelah (May 23, 1934 [1] – October 31, 2012) was an American-Pakistani author of over thirty books on Islamic culture and history and a female voice for orthodox Islam, known for her writings about the West. [2]