Fatima Seedat

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Fatima Seedat
NationalitySouth African
Education McGill University (Ph.D)
Occupation(s)Islamic scholar, Senior lecturer, women's rights activist

Fatima Seedat is a South African feminist, Islamic scholar and women's rights activist. [1] She is known for her scholarly work on gender and Islamic law, [2] and Islam and feminism. [3] [4]

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Career

Seedat researches gender and Islamic law, Islam and feminism, and Muslim masculinity. [5] She completed her PhD at McGill University, [1] and her dissertation focused on gender and legal theory. [2] :94–95

She is Senior Lecturer in Gender Studies at the University of Cape Town. [5] Seedat is also Programme Convenor of the University of Cape Town's Mphil in Islam, Gender, and Sexuality with Sa'diyya Shaikh. [6]

Seedat is one of the few Muslim women to act as an imam and deliver khutbahs. [7] She is co-editor of The Women's Khutbah Book: Contemporary Sermons on Spirituality and Justice from around the World with Sa'diyya Shaikh. Two of Seedat's khutbahs are featured, "Knowing in and through Difference" and "Not a Nikah Khutbah." [8]

Seedat is one of three female Muslim Marriage Officers in South Africa. [9]

Activism

Seedat was the parliamentary liaison for the South African Commission on Gender Equality. Seedat is the founder of Shura Yabafazi, a South African NGO that focuses on women in Muslim family law. Seedat has also worked with Equitas Human Rights Foundation, Women Living Under Muslim Laws, and UN Women Afghanistan. [1] [9]

She has worked with the South African Muslim Personal Law Network, which works in conjunction with Musawah. [9] She has worked for more than 25 years with a variety of organisations to advocate for legal protections for women in Muslim marriages. [10]

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  8. Shaikh, Sa’diyya; Seedat, Fatima (2022-10-13). The Women's Khutbah Book: Contemporary Sermons on Spirituality and Justice from around the World. Yale University Press. ISBN   978-0-300-26903-1.
  9. 1 2 3 "People : Legal Experience | African Gender Institute". www.agi.uct.ac.za. Archived from the original on 2022-10-13. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
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