Huda Jawad
Huda Jawad describes reconciling her deeply held Islamic faith with her feminism, arguing that the Qur'an does not sanction the oppression of women.
Huda Jawad describes reconciling her deeply-held Islamic faith with her feminism, arguing that the Qur'an does not sanction the oppression of women.
"I was enraged to hear that Islam was used in the most perverse ways," she says, "to maintain women's vulnerability and persecution and enable the perpetrators, who are usually men, to coerce and control them."
Producer: Sheila Cook.
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- Wed 20 May 2015 20:45麻豆社 Radio 4
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