Reading the Qur’an for Liberation
A talk by Asma Barlas
Wednesday, March 19, 2003,
7:00 p.m.
Clark Lounge, Egbert Hall
A reception will follow the talk.
Asma Barlas will discuss her book "Believing Women" in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur’an, exploring whether Islam is a patriarchal and misogynistic religion or whether its scripture, the Qur'an, can be read as a liberatory text.
Free and open to the public
Sponsored by the Ithaca College School Of Humanities and Sciences in cooperation with the Office of the Provost
Contributed by Andrejs Ozolins
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20030316092347804