Women, Islam, and the Secular-Religious Divide An Interview with Dr. Sheherazade Jafari

At the “Sprit of Struggle” gathering in April 2015, The Kairos Center interviewed Dr. Sheherazade Jafari, whose research focuses on how women’s rights activists in Muslim-majority societies are engaging religion and working across religious-secular divides in response to rising politicized religion and extremism. Two of the organizations she has been working with are Sisters in Islam, which promotes an understanding of Islam that recognizes the principles of justice, equality, freedom and dignity within a democratic nation state, and Musawah, the global movement for equality in the Muslim family.