Islamic studies scholar addresses myths and mores behind the veil
Among the popular stereotypes of the Muslim religion, perhaps none is more widely held than the belief that Islam suppresses women. Not so, says Islamic studies scholar Celene Ibrahim. In fact, she says, Islam is an “equal-opportunity religion,” whose principles “affirm women’s pursuit of knowledge and literacy; affirm women’s inheritance, earning and managing of wealth; and affirm women’s spiritual potential.” Ibrahim, a scholar in residence at Hebrew College and Andover Newton Theological School and a Muslim chaplain at Tufts University, addressed the stereotypes at “Muslim Feminism,” the second of three Faculty of Arts and Sciences Diversity Dialogues. View all posts in National & World Affairs Explore: Intersectionality: The many layers of an individual By Robert P. Mitchell, Harvard Correspondent | October 31, 2016 | Editor's Pick > Ibrahim cited a 2011 Pew Research Center study that found “a median of 58 percent [of respondents] across four Western European...