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 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.
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 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 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.
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.
A press conference was called in Delhi on May 3 (2017) to announce the formation of the Delhi chapter of IMSD. Part II of the conference proceeding.
A press conference was called in Delhi on May 3 (2017) to announce the formation of the Delhi chapter of IMSD. Part I of the conference proceeding.
In mid-May (2017) a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India heard the petitions of several Muslim women (backed by several Muslim women’s organizations) seeking the declaration of triple talaq (instant divorce), polygamy and halala practice among Indian Muslims as unconstitutional and un-Quranic. On the eve of the hearing, IMSD organized a press conference…
Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) was launched following a two-day National Convention held in Mumbai on December 17-18, 2016. At the press conference held on December 19 to announce its birth, IMSD’s stand on the practice of triple talaq (instant divorce), polygamy and halala among Indian Muslims were in particular highlighted.