Sa'diyya Shaikh | |
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Born | 1969 Krugersdorp, South Africa |
Nationality | South African |
Occupation | Islamic studies scholar |
Notable work | Sufi Narratives of Intimacy: Ibn 'Arabī, Gender, and Sexuality |
Sa'diyya Shaikh (born 1969) is a South African scholar of Islam and feminist theory. She is a professor of religion at the University of Cape Town. Shaikh studies Sufism in relation to feminism and feminist theory. [1] [2] Shaikh is known for work on gender in Islam and 'Ibn Arabi.
Sa'diyya Shaikh was born in 1969 in Krugersdorp, South Africa to Indian Muslim parents. [3] [4] She grew up under the apartheid regime and witnessed the anti-apartheid movement which influenced her to seek liberatory readings of the Qur'an and the Islamic tradition. [5]
Shaikh has published works on Muslim women and gendered violence, feminist approaches to the Qur'an and hadith, contraception and abortion in Islam, and gender and Islamic law. [2] Shaikh was a 2016-2017 fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg Zu Berlin on the project "Gender, Justice and Muslim Ethics." [3] [6]
Shaikh is the author of Sufi Narratives of Intimacy: Ibn 'Arabi, Gender, and Sexuality. The book explores the thought of Ibn 'Arabi from a feminist perspective. [7]
Shaikh is the co-author of The Women's Khutbah Book: Contemporary Sermons on Spirituality and Justice from around the World. Two khutbahs of Shaikh are featured, "Spirituality of the Ordinary" and "Divine Love, Human Love: Marriage as Heart-Cultivation". [8]
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