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Sa'diyya Shaikh
South African scholar
Sa'diyya Shaikh | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1969 Krugersdorp, South Africa |
| Nationality | South African |
| Occupation | Islamic studies scholar |
| Notable work | Sufi Narratives of Intimacy: Ibn 'Arabī, Gender, and Sexuality |
Sa'diyya Shaikh (born 1969) is a South African scholar of Islam and feminist theory.
She is a professor of religion at the University of Cape Town. Shaikh studies Sufism in relation to feminism and feminist theory.[1][2] Shaikh is known for work on gender in Islam and 'Ibn Arabi.
Biography
Sa'diyya Shaikh was born in 1969 in Krugersdorp, South Africa to Indian Muslim parents.[3][4] She grew up under the apartheid regime and witnessed the anti-apartheid movement which influenced her to seek liberatory readings of the Qur'an and the Islamic tradition.[5]
Shaikh has published works on Muslim women and gendered violence, feminist approaches to the Qur'an and hadith, contracept