Women and the Qur'an: A Study in Islamic Hermeneutics

The identity of women throughout history of Islam has been determined by androcentric interpretations of the sacred text: the Qur'an and the semi-sacred aura: the hahith. Although Islam proclaims the equality of men and women, in the course of history men were the primary mediators between religious truth and women. The history of the mediation of the text occasionally refers to a few women interpreters, however, they have remained at the periphery.