Project Background
This is part of a 3-year project, funded by Status of Women Canada, with the goal to engage men and boys from Muslim communities to end violence in the family. You can learn more about this project here.
Islamic Perspective on Engaging Men and Boys to End Violence in the Family
We are very pleased that Islamic scholars, Dr. Ayesha Chaudhry and Dr. Rumee Ahmad, have written the paper on the Islamic perspective on gender equality and violence against women and girls. The goal if this paper is to examine the textual sources that form the foundation of Islam’s egalitarian spirit, consider the challenges posed by historical interpretations of these sources, and think about ways to move forward in promoting gender equity, especially with respect to condemning domestic violence in all its forms. This publication can be downloaded in both English and French.
Dr. Ayesha S. Chaudhry is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Gender Studies at the University of British Columbia. She is a 2016-17 Wall Scholar at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Study at the UBC and she was the 2015-2016 Rita E. Hauser fellow at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. She is the author of Domestic Violence and the Islamic Tradition: Ethics, Law and the Muslim Discourse on Gender (Oxford University Press, 2014). Dr. Chaudhry’s research focuses on Islamic legal and theological reform, with eye towards promoting human rights by focusing on women’s rights. She has consulted on high-level national and international cases concerning human rights and religious pluralism and freedom. She is working on two major projects right now, one entitled “Feminist Shari’a” and the other “The Colour of God”.
Dr. Rumee Ahmed is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of Narratives of Islamic Legal Theory (Oxford University Press, 2012) and the co-editor of the Oxford Handbook on Islamic Law. Dr. Ahmed’s research focuses on Islamic Law and legal reforms in the medieval and contemporary periods, and he is widely published on a range of issues including scriptural exegesis, human rights, interfaith relations, law, pluralism, public policy, and theology.
