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.
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.
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.