CSI Monday Majlis: Kecia Ali
The Woman Question in Islamic Studies
The CSI Monday Majlis is a Monday evening, online event, where invited speakers present on aspects of their current research
An Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies research event | |
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Date | 17 March 2025 |
Time | 17:00 to 18:30 |
Place | online |
Provider | Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies |
Event details
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Kecia Ali is a scholar of Islam and gender. She writes primarily about Islamic law and ethics and has recently turned her attention to questions of academic sexism in religious studies generally and in Islamic studies specifically. In addition to The Woman Question in Islamic Studies, her books include Marriage and Slavery in Early Islam; Sexual Ethics and Islam; Imam Shafi‘i: Scholar and Saint; and The Lives of Muhammad. She has also edited two open access readers about American Muslim marriage and divorce. She is Professor of Religion at Boston University, where she joined the faculty in 2006.