Asma Barlas

This inviting book presents a simplified version of Believing Women in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur’an that will help general readers and students understand its argument for women’s equality.

Now revised with two new chapters and additional material throughout, this paradigm-shifting book develops a believer’s reading of the Qur’an that demonstrates the radically egalitarian and antipatriarchal nature of its teachings.