1. Title: What is the Gender Jihad?
Amina Wadud’s book further distinguishes her from conservative Islamic feminist reformist writers who have been described as attempting a ‘patriarchal bargain’ whereas Wadud calls for the Allah (God) given rights of Muslim women to be recognised as equal to that of Muslim men.
Jihad = Struggle Patriarchal = Governed by men
Write down 2 ticks and a question about Wadud. OR
Try and explain what might be meant by a ‘patriarchal bargain’.

2. L. O. Know what Wadud describes as Islamic and non-Islamic teaching
L.O. Know what Wadud describes as Islamic and non-Islamic teaching. Express your own thoughts on ‘gender liberation.
What evidence can you think of to justify the claim there is a ‘gender jihad’ inside Islam?

3. Silent Conversation
L.O. Know what Wadud describes as Islamic and non-Islamic teaching. Express your own thoughts on ‘gender liberation.
You will leave your seat with a pen. Travel around the room looking at different pieces of text either written by Wadud or associated with Wadud’s book. Write a response/question/meaning on the text.

4. ‘If a man respected a woman as an equal human being and not as an object of his sexual fantasies then even a naked women would be safe from male abuse’ A. Wadud

5. The events of 9/11, and the subsequent media coverage of the events are the sole fault of men. It is women who can end war as they are the ‘citizens of care and compassion’. Islamic Feminist, Wadud

6. ‘The master’s tools will not dismantle the master’s house’

7. The Qur’an addressed its primary audience of men, it allowed slavery which Muslims now condemn; Muslims must now condemn sexism. A. Wadud

8. ‘To agree with the idea that men are superior can be projected as un-Islamic’. A. Wadud

9. ‘Paradise lies at the foot of your Mother’. Sunnah

10. Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband's] absence what Allah would have them guard. But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance - [first] advise them; [then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them. But if they obey you [once more], seek no means against them. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted and Grand.
Qur’an 4:34

11. ‘Each measure of human understanding of the totality of the divine nature is more like a window through which a person or a community can have a view” A. Wadud

12. “Women have rights over men similar to those of men over women
“Women have rights over men similar to those of men over women.” Quran 2:228

13. A woman cannot be married until she has herself agreed to it
A woman cannot be married until she has herself agreed to it. Hadith of Bukhari

14. When a man marries he completes half his faith. Sunnah

15. "Women are the twin halves of men.” Sunnah

16. "O mankind! Reverence your Guardian-Lord, who created you from a single person, created, of like nature, his mate, and from this pair scattered (like seeds) countless men and women. Reverence Allah, through Whom you demand your mutual (rights), and reverence the wombs (that bore you); for Allah ever watches over you." Noble Quran 4:1

17. "And among His signs is this, that He created for you mates from among yourselves, that you may dwell in tranquility with them, and He has put love and mercy between your hearts. Undoubtedly in these are signs for those who reflect." Quran 30:21

18. L. O. Know what Wadud describes as Islamic and non-Islamic teaching
L.O. Know what Wadud describes as Islamic and non-Islamic teaching. Express your own thoughts on ‘gender liberation.
1. What have we understood about Islam and gender roles from this task? 2. What would we like to have a better understanding of? 3. Why were the chosen pieces of text useful to understand gender roles in Islam? 4. What else do we need to know to have better understanding of gender roles in Islam? 5. What would you say to/ask Wadud if she were here now? What do you think she might say?

19. True belief is liberating to all.
L.O. Know what Wadud describes as Islamic and non-Islamic teaching. Express your own thoughts on ‘gender liberation.
True belief is liberating to all.