Book Publications Authored By Dr. Zainab Alwani
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Family Relations: An Islamic Perspective
By: Dr. Zainab Alwani Islam, as God’s final message to humanity, came to light in a brutal and cruel environment. Violence was a common practice in pre-Islamic Arabic, and the weak and the needy, orphans and widows, and slaves and servants, both there and around the world, had no defined rights. Islam came to establish
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A Methodology for Understanding the Qurʾān in the Modern Day
By: Dr. Zainab Alwani This paper is concerned with the Qurʾānic methodology of Al-waḥda al-bināʾiyya li-l-Qurʾān and its impact in the arena of religious sciences and beyond. I provide a concise overview of the classical and contemporary debates concerning the genealogy of this method, including examples and a brief analysis of the works of a
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Teaching Other Faiths About Islam
By: Dr. Zainab Alwani Over the course of the last century, we have witnessed a revival of religion and religious traditions, contrary to speculations about the gradual decline of religion in society. While in the fifties, the religious landscape of America was reflected in Will Herberg’s book, Protestant, Catholic, and Jew, in the sixties, theologians
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With A’isha In Mind: Reading Surat Al-Nur Through The Quran’s Structural Unity
By: Dr. Zainab Alwani While a multiplicity of interpretations is a consistent historical feature in Qur’anic scholarship, the intratextual method (tafsir al-Qur’an bi-l-Qur’an) has been accepted as a central method of interpretation. Building upon this method, this chapter explores and furthers the methodology of Al-wahda al-bina’iyya li-l-Qur’an (the Qur’an’s structural unity) and argues that reading
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Reclaiming a Lost Tradition
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Marriage: The Cornerstone of Civilization
By: Dr. Zainab Alwani Although there may be hurt feelings on both sides, the [Quran] advises compassion in decision-making, encouraging the couple to remember anything good that they shared. As Salma Abugideiri and [Zainab Alwani] explain in What Islam says about domestic violence (Herndon: FAITH, 2008): “The psychological… View Article
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TEACHING OTHER FAITHS ABOUT ISLAM: A Transformative Journey.(The Current and Future Directions of Theological Education)(Personal account)
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Beyond Tolerance: Lessons on Religious Tension from Nigeria
By: Oludamini Ogunnaike “If we want to keep America’s religious tensions from erupting as they have in Nigeria, we need to move beyond mere tolerance and begin valuing and reaping the benefits of our nation’s diverse religious landscape. We also cannot take a peaceful civil society for granted. We need to fight for peace by
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“Domestic Violence: Islamic Perspective” by Zainab Alwani
By: Zainab Alwani Islam, as the final message from God to humankind, came to light in a brutal and cruel environment. Violence was a common practice in Arabia and around the world at that time. The weak and needy, orphans and widows, and slaves and servants had no defined rights in such a world. Islam
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