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Title: Qur'an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's Perspective by Amina Wadud ISBN: 0-19-512836-2 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: June, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.68 (19 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: The Truth Shines!
Comment: A book in which the TRUTH of the Qur'an shines through. After centuries of misreadings and forged lies, the truth that the Qur'an is a modern and vibrant law-book shows through. Sadly, the interpreters of the book have not been so truthful to Allah's word! 1,600 years ago, God revealed a truth unheard of to a desert Arab. Decades later, superstition, false hadeeths, and sand slowly hid the truth of Islam. Amina Wadud does an excellent job of showing the amazing words of Allah and how perfect Islam is not only for women, but for mankind! Allahu-Akbar!

Rating: 5
Summary: Must read, re-read, re-read it some more
Comment: I purchased Wadud-Muhsin's book several years ago when I found it in a local bookstore in Malaysia. For a while, I left it sitting on my bookshelf along with the many piles of books promised to be read. When I actually read it, I was surprised to find a packet full of information and scholarly analysis in one thin book.

I use the book often as a "research spine" of my studies, so often that I have to get a new one to replace the old copy. Wadud-Muhsin provided a clear, coherent analysis, along with references from the Qur'an, and the Hadith, and other viewpoints from Islamic scholars. It clears the misguided air on the rights of women in Islam.

Rating: 4
Summary: Different perspective on the Qur'an
Comment: Amina Wadud's contrapuntal reading of the Qur'an from a woman's perspective is not only interesting, but enlightening. Wadud argues that the Qur'an does not suggest that women should be treated as second class citizens, rather it has been the male reading of the Qur'an that has created idea. To combat this Wadud evaluates the text as a whole and certain passages. She shows that the Qur'an places women as equals, and even sometimes shows them to be more admirable than men. Wadud does encounter a problem with some passages, which she responds to by saying "no" to them. For anybody looking for a female perspective on the Qur'an this is a very good. Wadud confronts those issues facing Muslim women today, and gives textual support for equality.

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