references

okay, so this is the kinda academic section with lots and lots of references...ready?:)

PS. neither IMAAN LIBRARY nor IMAAN itself takes any responsibility for the views expressed here

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Ahmed, L., 1993. Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate
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Ali, K., ‘Progressive Muslims and Islamic Jurisprudence: the necessity for critical engagement with marriage and divorce law,’ in Safi, O., (ed.) 2003. Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism, Oxford: Oneworld Publications, pp163-189.

Ali, K., 2006., Sexual Ethics and Islam; Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence. Oxford: Oneworld publications.

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09/04/10

Babayan., K., and Najmabadi., A., (eds) 2000. Islamicate Sexualities: Translations across Temporal Geographies of Desire, Harvard: Harvard Centre for Middle Eastern Studies.

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Desai, E., 'Ask the Imam: Online Islamic Q and A with Mufti Ebrahim Desai,' online at http://www.askimam.org/index.php.

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09/04/10

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Gaudio, R., P., 2009. Allah Made Us: Sexual Outlaws in an Islamic African City, Chichester: Willey.

Habib, S.,2009. Islam and Homosexuality, California: ABC-CLIO.



Habib, S., 2009. Arabo-Islamic Texts on Female Homosexuality, 850 - 1780 A.D, Teneo Press: New York.

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09/04/10

Jamal, A., 2008. Illegal Citizens: Queer Lives in the Muslim World, Salaam Press.

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Khalaf, S., 2006. Sexuality in the Arab World. London: SAQI books.


Khaled, N.,2009. At home and in Exile: Muslim Queer Community in Toronto, Seiten: Lambert Academic Publishing.


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Nahas, O., 2004, ‘Yoesuf: An Islamic Idea with Dutch Quality.’ Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 16, 1: 53-64.

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Oliver, K., 2007. Women as Weapons of War: Iraq, Sex, and the Media, Columbia University Press: New York.

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Puar, J, K., 2007. Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times. Durham: Duke University Press.

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09/04/10

Rahman, M., 2000. Sexuality and Democracy: Identities and Strategies in Lesbian and Gay Politics, Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh.

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09/04/10

Wadud, A., 2006. Inside the Gender Jihad: Women's reform in Islam. Oxford: Oneworld Publications.

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Yip, A, K,T., 2003. 'A Minority within a Minority: British Non-heterosexual Muslims', Economic and Social Research Council, available online from http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk.

Yip, A, K., ‘Embracing Allah and Sexuality?: South Asian Non-heterosexual Muslims in Britain,' in Kumar., P., and Jacobsen., J., (eds.) 2004. South Asians in the Diaspora, Brill:Leiden, pp294-310.

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Ze'evi, D., 2006. Producing Desire: Changing Sexual Discourse in the Ottoman Middle East, 1500-1900, Berkeley: University of California Press.

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