A selection of articles and links on women's rights from a progressive Muslim perspective is listed on the right. Select a title to begin reading.
Women's Rights
- Legal Arguments on Woman-Led Prayer in Islam
- The Islamic Basis For Female-Led Prayer
- Quranic Basis of Sexual Equality in Islam by Freeing the Quran from the Patriarchal Nature of Its Classical and Some Modern Exegesis
- Women as Imams
- Headscarves and Hymen
- Feminist Reforms in Turkey Reflect the Progressive Face of Islam
- Islam and Feminism
- Faith and Feminism
- What the Qur'an Says About Women
- Islamic Feminists Distinguish Islam from Muslims
- Islam Had Its Share of Female Scholars Too
- Evolving Role for Senegalese Women in Religion
- On Christian Men marrying Muslim Women
- In Quest for Equal Rights, Muslim Women's Meeting Turns to Islam's Tenets
- Envisioning a World Where Women Thrive
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Interview with Asma Barlas: "It Is the Right for Every Muslim to Interpret the Quran for Themselves"
We recognize that many Muslim women are now marrying outside the faith.
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MPV offers officiant services in compliance with Islamic traditions while respecting the non-Muslim tradition.
Officiants are located in Los Angeles, Atlanta and Washington D.C.and will also travel.
Los Angeles: info@mpvusa.org
Washington D.C.: daayiee@aol.com
Atlanta: kelly@mpvatlanta.org
Laleh Bakhtiar on the misinterpretation of verse 4:34 in the Quran