Nasser Dashti Time to Remove Religion from Public Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g163FVaVeZQ&width=640&height=480 Kuwaiti activist Nasser Dashti has very controversial views on Islam and Muslim history
Interesting CNN Debate on French ban on burqa
Mona Eltahawy is a freelance Egyptian-American journalist and commentator based in New York City. A staunch feminist, she is the author of the book Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution.
Mona Altahawy at Event of Muslims for Progressive Values
Mona Eltahawy is a freelance Egyptian-American journalist and commentator based in New York City. A staunch feminist, she is the author of the book Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution.
Leila Ahmed talks to Ingrid Lilly about Islam and feminism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_CTrbVqWW0&width=640&height=480 Leila Ahmed is an Egyptian-American writer on Islam and Islamic feminism. She became the first professor of women’s studies in religion at Harvard Divinity School in 1999, and has held the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity chair since 2003.
Khaled Abou El Fadl – Islamic Law and the Rights of Others
Kuwaiti-American Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl is one of the world’s leading authorities on Islamic law and Islam, and a prominent scholar in the field of human rights. He is the Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Professor in Islamic Law at the UCLA School of Law where he teaches International Human Rights, Islamic Jurisprudence, National…
Farid Escak on Violence in the Quran
Farid Esack is a South African Muslim scholar, writer, and political activist known for his opposition to apartheid, his appointment by Nelson Mandela as a gender equity commissioner, and his work for inter-religious dialogue. Esack is a passionate supporter of gender justice.
Farid Esack addressing SIO at Kannur 2015: Towards a Liberation Theology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0_m1eSmZ8g&width=640&height=480 Farid Esack is a South African Muslim scholar, writer, and political activist known for his opposition to apartheid, his appointment by Nelson Mandela as a gender equity commissioner, and his work for inter-religious dialogue. Esack is a passionate supporter of gender equality.
Asma Barlas – Women Rights from within the Quran
Asma Barlas is a Pakistani-American writer and academic. Her specialties include comparative and international politics, Islam and Qur’anic hermeneutics, and women’s studies. She is the author of ‘Believing Women’ in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qu’ran.
Abdullahi An-Na’im: Human Rights and Sharia
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im is a Sudanese-born Islamic scholar who currently lives in the United States and teaches at Emory University. Author of Islam and Human Rights among other books, An-Naim argues that all Shariah Laws must be reviewed to ensure compliance with modern human rights values.
Why I Need a Secular State: Abdullahi An-Nai’m
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im is a Sudanese-born Islamic scholar who currently lives in the United States and teaches at Emory University. Author of Islam and the Secular State among other books, An-Naim presents an Islamic argument against the idea of a Theocratic State.