Muslim Women Activists in North America : : Speaking for Ourselves / / ed. by Katherine Bullock.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Al-Marayati, Laila,; Amatul Nur, Samadah Raquibah,; Barazangi, Nimat Hafez,; Beshir, Ekram,; Bhabha, Mariam,; Bullock, Katherine,; Farooqi, Muniza,; Haffajee, Khadija,; Hamid, Rose,; Jafri, Gul Joya,; Monem, Olivia,; Mustapha, Nadira,; Rahman, Mona,; Sabir-Gillette, Margaret,; Shamma, Freda,; Siddiqui, Samana,; Siddiqui, Shahina,; Taylor, Tayyibah,
• HerausgeberIn: Bullock, Katherine,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (237 p.)

In the eyes of many Westerners, Muslim women are hidden behind a veil of negative stereotypes that portray them as either oppressed, subservient wives and daughters or, more recently, as potential terrorists. Yet many Muslim women defy these stereotypes by taking active roles in their families and communities and working to create a more just society. This book introduces eighteen Muslim women activists from the United States and Canada who have worked in fields from social services, to marital counseling, to political advocacy in order to further social justice within the Muslim community and in the greater North American society. Each of the activists has written an autobiographical narrative in which she discusses such issues as her personal motivation for doing activism work, her views on the relationship between Islam and women's activism, and the challenges she has faced and overcome, such as patriarchal cultural barriers within the Muslim community or racism and discrimination within the larger society. The women activists are a heterogeneous group, including North American converts to Islam, Muslim immigrants to the United States and Canada, and the daughters of immigrants. Young women at the beginning of their activist lives as well as older women who have achieved regional or national prominence are included. Katherine Bullock's introduction highlights the contributions to society that Muslim women have made since the time of the Prophet Muhammad and sounds a call for contemporary Muslim women to become equal partners in creating and maintaining a just society within and beyond the Muslim community.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One Silent Revolution of a Muslim Arab American Scholar-Activist -- Chapter Two Allah Doesn’t Change the Condition of People until They Change Themselves -- Chapter Three War Zones -- Chapter Four Activism as a Way of Life -- Chapter Five My Life Journey -- Chapter Six Rawahil -- Chapter Seven Rocking the Boat and Stirring the Pot -- Chapter Eight Struggling with Words, Striving through Words -- Chapter Nine Working to Help All the World’s Children -- Chapter Ten Building a Community for the Next Generation -- Chapter Eleven In Pursuit of Peace and Justice -- Chapter Twelve Activism -- Chapter Thirteen Activism -- Chapter Fourteen Life of a Muslim Woman Activist -- Chapter Fifteen Muslim Activist -- Chapter Sixteen Taking the Bus to the World of Islamic Activism -- Chapter Seventeen Is the Reward for Good Other than Good? -- Chapter Eighteen Undoing Internalized Inferiority -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- About the Contributors