Zainab Alwani Explained

Zainab Alwani
Birth Date:1962
Birth Place:Baghdad, Iraq
Nationality:Iraqi-American
Alma Mater:International Islamic University Malaysia
Occupation:Islamic scholar
Known For:First woman to serve on Fiqh Council of North America
Parents:Taha Jabir Alawani
Relatives:Ruqaia Al-Alwani

Zainab Alwani is an American activist and Islamic scholar. She is Founding Director and Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Howard University School of Divinity.[1]

Biography

Zainab Alwani was born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1962.[2] [3] She is the daughter of Taha Jabir Alalwani.[4] Alwani and her family were forced to flee Iraq when she was 7. The family went to Egypt and later Saudi Arabia.

As a young woman, Alwani studied at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University.[5] She received her PhD in Islamic jurisprudence (Usul al-Fiqh) from the International Islamic University in Malaysia.[6] Alwani is also the first female jurist to sit on the board of the Fiqh Council of North America.[7] [8]

Alwani is an activist for the rights of Muslim women and children. She is active in continuing her father's thought and approach to minority fiqh.[9] She specializes in Islamic jurisprudence, Quranic studies, the relationship between Islamic and civil law, and women and the family in Islam. Her sister is the Islamic scholar Ruqaia Al-Alwani.[10] Hadia Mubarak identifies Zainab and Ruqaia as part of a growing body of female Muslim Qur'anic commentators.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: People Profile . 2021-12-17. profiles.howard.edu.
  2. Book: Callahan, Sharon Henderson. Religious Leadership. 2013-06-20. SAGE. 978-1-4129-9908-3. en.
  3. Web site: Shahid . Omar . Scholar Spotlight: Dr. Zainab Alwani, Reclaiming Gender Equality in Islamic Scholarship: This prominent American scholar, academic and activist often finds herself to be the only Muslim female scholar on stage at conferences. . 2022-11-06 . Campus Watch . 10 October 2014 . en.
  4. Book: Alwani, Zainab. From Baghdad to Leesburg: A Leader of al-Ta'āruf. From Baghdad to Leesburg. 2020. Fine Differences. 1–9. Jones. Richard J.. The Al-Alwani Muslim-Christian Lectures 2010-2017. International Institute of Islamic Thought. 10.2307/j.ctv19prr4t.5 . j.ctv19prr4t.5. 978-1-56564-955-2. 229533034 . 2021-12-17.
  5. Web site: Zainab Al-Alwani . 2022-11-04 . About Islam . en-US.
  6. Book: Yakar, Emine Enise . Islamic Law and Society: The Practice Of Iftā' And Religious Institutions . 2021-09-30 . Routledge . 978-1-000-45637-0 . en.
  7. Web site: 2019-12-21. Dr. Zainab Alwani WISE Muslim Women Zainab Alwani. 2021-12-17. WISE Muslim Women.
  8. Book: Azid . Toseef . Economic Empowerment Of Women In The Islamic World: Theory And Practice . Ward-batts . Jennifer L. . 2020-06-22 . World Scientific . 978-981-12-1216-1 . en.
  9. Book: Albrecht, Sarah. Dār al-Islām Revisited: Territoriality in Contemporary Islamic Legal Discourse on Muslims in the West. 2018-04-24. BRILL. 978-90-04-36457-8. en.
  10. Web site: Dr. Ruqaia Al-Alwani CILE - Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics . 2022-10-22 . admin.cilecenter.org.
  11. Book: Mubarak, Hadia . Rebellious Wives, Neglectful Husbands: Controversies in Modern Qur'anic Commentaries . 2022-04-15 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-755332-9 . en.
  12. Book: Abugideiri . Salma . What Islam Says about Domestic Violence: A Guide for Helping Muslim Families . Alwani . Zainab . 2008 . Foundation for Appropriate and Immediate Temporary Help . en.

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