American Muslim Women, Religious Authority, and Activism

In American Muslim Women, Religious Authority, and Activism: More Than aPrayer, Juliane Hammer traces recent conversations around gender and religionwithin American Muslim communities. Taking as a starting point the mixedgenderFriday prayer led by Amina Wadud in 2005, the author examines howquestions of gendered religious authority have been negotiated through interpretationsof scripture and religious laws, challenges to constructions of traditionand community, contestations surrounding prayer spaces, and representationsof Muslim women in the media and autobiographical narratives.100 The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 31:1The result is a valuable and insightful mapping of some of the majorscholars, activists, and public figures engaged in work related to women, gender,and Islam in North America. Based on an analysis of texts produced byfemale American Muslim scholars and writers since the 1980s and especiallywithin the past decade, the book highlights women’s contributions to debatesaround women-led prayer, Qur’anic interpretations, women’s spaces inmosques, and women’s leadership within Muslim communities, among otherissues. Hammer acknowledges that of many of the texts she studies have a“progressive” leaning, but frames this as itself a research finding that reflectsthe perspectives and voices most likely to be published or otherwise highlightedwithin an American context ...

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Hammer, Julianne. American Muslim Women, Religious Authority, and Activism: More than a Prayer. Louann Atkins Temple Women and Culture Series. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2012. 11+271 pp. $55.00 (cloth).

The Journal of Religion ◽

10.1086/673953 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 93 (4) ◽

pp. 523-524

Author(s):

Aminah Beverly McCloud

Keyword(s):

Women Religious ◽

Muslim Women ◽

Religious Authority ◽

University Of Texas ◽

American Muslim

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Hybrid identities: American Muslim women speak

Gender Place & Culture ◽

10.1080/09663691003600306 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 191-209 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Smeeta Mishra ◽

Faegheh Shirazi

Keyword(s):

Muslim Women ◽

Hybrid Identities ◽

American Muslim

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Pakistani-American Muslim women identity negotiation as reflected in diaspora literature

LEKSIKA ◽

10.30595/lks.v14i2.7594 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 83

Author(s):

Nur Asiyah

Keyword(s):

Religious Identity ◽

Postcolonial Theory ◽

Identity Negotiation ◽

Muslim Women ◽

Hybrid Identity ◽

Diaspora Literature ◽

Diasporic Literature ◽

American Muslim ◽

The World ◽

Pakistani American

Identity is significant issue in the world. Pakistani-American Muslim women faced the problems of identity because they got different treatment in the society. This study reveals how do Pakistani-American Muslim women negotiate their identity and the result of negotiation? This research was done under descriptive qualitative research. The data of the research are the words, phrases, and sentences from diasporic literature entitled Saffron Dreams by Shaila Abdullah that published in 2009. To analyze the data, this study used postcolonial theory based on Bhabha’s hybridity and Tomey’s identity negotiation concept. Based on the research, it is found that Pakistan American Muslim women negotiate their identity by mindful negotiation namely adapting American culture and shaping hybrid identity. They change their fashion style by putting off their veils. They replace Arabic name into American style to hide their religious identity. In building the house they American building with Arabian nuance. On the other hand, in assimilating the culture to get a job, Pakistani American Muslim women must fight harder because of the striking differences in culture and the idealism they believe in.

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