Hidden History of Women Scholars in Islam
4 videos • 33 views • by EthicsinSociety On May 1, 2019, journalist Carla Power shared the story of Islamic scholar Sheikh Mohammad Akram Nadwi's discovery of an all-but-forgotten tradition of female religious authority in Muslim society. Power was invited to speak at Stanford by the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society. Co-sponsors of her talk included the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, the Office for Religious Life, the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.