Islamic Knowledge Through a Woman's Lens: Education, Power and Belief

Abstract

The author maps out female production sites of Islamic knowledge in Germany. Such sites are shaped by religious pluralism. Though women experts may differ among themselves, they are still distinct as a group from male experts, who are the sole possessors of religious authority. However, the innovative inroads that these women experts are now developing have enabled them to take up a key position between Muslim communities and the majority society.