1. From the Musallah to the Minbar Tracing Women’s Presence in the Mosque

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. From the Musallah to the Minbar Tracing Women’s Presence in the Mosque 7
5. 2. A Tafsir of Experience Spirituality, Embodiment, and Knowledge
6. Engaged Surrender 19
7. Feminist Ontologies: Rahmah and ‘Adl
8. An-Nur (Divine Light) 29
9. Khutbah al-Muwaddah lil Ghuraba—For the Love of the Queer Strangers 38
10. Ethics of Gender Justice 46
11. Resisting the Satanic Principle, Recovering Maslahah 52
12. This Speaking Earth 59
13. Subjectivity and Consciousness: Ihsan
14. The Gift of Four Human Births 67
15. Spirituality of the Ordinary 74
16. The Overview Effect 81
17. Darkness to Dawn and the Spiritual Journey In Between 87
18. Ramadan: The Divine Treatment 94
19. Sociality and Difference: Maslahah
20. Knowing in and through Difference 103
21. God’s Command for Justice in the Qur’an 111
22. Rethinking Shari’ah—A Guidance and a Mercy 119
23. No Justice, No Peace: Social Justice as an Islamic Imperative 126
24. Resisting Injustice: Ummah and Ubuntu
25. Our People First: Reclaiming the Spirit of June 16, 1976 135
26. Black Consciousness and Intersectionality: Toward Social Justice and Spiritual Growth 143
27. A Self-Reflexive Response to Gender-Based Violence in Our Communities 150
28. Black Muslim Women Preserving Islam in Women-Headed Households 157
29. Knowing God, Seeking Justice 165
30. Knowing God, Opening the Heart 171
31. Marriage: Mawaddah and Mithaq
32. Marriage: Foundation for a Peaceful Society 179
33. Two Wedding Khutbahs 187
34. Divine Love, Human Love: Marriage as Heart-Cultivation 195
35. Not a Nikah Khutbah 198
36. 3. Conceptualizing a Tafsir of Experience 201
37. 4. A Practical Guide to Writing Khutbahs 213
38. Glossary of Arabic Terms 221
39. Notes 225
40. Acknowledgments 237
41. General Index 239
42. Index of Qur’anic Verses 246
43. Index of Hadiths 248