Скачать или смотреть Believing Women in Islam-Unreading patriarchal interpretations of the Qur'an with Prof. Asma Barlas

In a frank and straightforward conversation with Yusuf Ismail, Professor Asma Barlas unpacks the theme and thesis of her book, "Believing Women in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an." This is a 2002 book by Asma Barlas, and recently revised in 2019. According to Barlas, the Qur'an does not support patriarchy and modern day Muslims are not properly interpreting the text. She argues that the Qur'an supports equal spousal and marital rights and does not differentiate among sex and gender. The argument of her book, refutes the claim that the Qur'an in any way supports patriarchy, and is further based on her insistence that contemporary Muslims must take responsibility for the recovery of the true and proper meaning of the sacred text. The fact that Muslims have not determined criteria for generating a "textually legitimate reading of the Qur'an" she identifies as both a hermeneutical and theological failure.