Description

In a world of contested images and ideas about Islam, this book captures the passion of a journey into and through Islam by an African-American feminist.

Wadud covers the fundamental five pillars from a progressive perspective, culminating in the performance pilgrimage every Muslim must make Once in a lifetime: the Hajj.

Drawn from a series of personal blog posts, amina’s account of her journey to Makkah is unlike any other: funny, serious, passionate, and searingly honest.

At every corner, she challenges entrenched patriarchal and exclusivist views that have dominated Islamic thought for fourteen centuries.

You would expect no less From ‘The Lady Imam’.