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Category: herstory
“Reverence the wombs that bore you”: On Unearthing a Female Legacy Transgressive to the Patriarchal Social Order
Perceptions of women’s power and authority in Islam range from Orientalist discourses that present the Muslim woman as an exotic, victimized, and elusive figure in need of reform, to patriarchal scholarships that confine her to a secondary, consequential role under male regulation, to Islamic feminist exegeses that seek to liberate her, and itself, from either …
Islamic History and the Women You Never Hear About: Fatima Muhammad Al-Fihri
Did you know the first institution granting academic degrees in the world was founded by a Muslim woman? Of course you didn't. Fatima Muhammad Al-Fihri's university, the University of Qarawiyyin in Fes, Morocco, is still in operation today. It is the world's oldest institution of education to continually operate, and after its construction in 859, …
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Prophet Maryam and Her Successor, the Prophet Muhammad
Although I've already written about Maryam as our Prophetess, I'd like to expand on her significance by comparing the cosmological role of our Prophet Muhammad to that of our Prophetess Maryam. There are several interesting parallels between Maryam and Muhammad; the first and most obvious is not only that both recieved word from the Archangel …
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Islamic History and the Women You Never Hear About: Zaat al-Khaal
The very earliest of the Umayyads did not keep harems of jawari (or slave women, if I can translate roughly for a moment), but instead a woman’s power was rightfully her own, and her nobility was measured by her defiance. Among the women who demonstrate this are Sakina bint al-Hussain and A’isha bint Talha, both …
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Islamic History and the Women You Never Hear About: Kahula bint Azwar
Kahula bint Azwar, who belongs in the warriors series, is nothing short of legendary. Most notably the ardent heroine charged to the rescue of her abducted brother, who was also a soldier and had been taken prisoner by the Byzantine Roman army during the Siege of Damascus in the Battle of Saniyat al Uqab, 634. …
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Islamic History and the Women You Never Hear About: Al Shifa bint Abdullah
Along with contributing to medical necessities and engaging in politics Al Shifa bint Abdulla was the first female teacher in the early Muslim community. She is mentioned in nearly every text, but her name is seldom heard during sermons at the mosque—she is instead referred to as the first woman to hold public office, appointed …
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the fatal feminist 