Kecia Ali to speak at BU Saudi Cultural Club event Dec. 3rd

“Male Authority in Islamic Jurisprudence: Qiwama and Wilaya”

What are قوامة and ولاية in Islam? and how are they applied in today’s world?

Professor Kecia Ali will give an overview of these two premodern Islamic legal concepts that were fundamental to the development of Muslim rules governing marriage and the mutual rights of spouses.
She will also discuss the ways contemporary Muslim women scholars and activists have sought to reinterpret and challenge the understanding and application of these concepts in vastly changed contexts.

Professor Ali is Associate Professor of Religion at Boston University and the author of Marriage and Slavery in Early Islam (Harvard 2010) and Sexual Ethics and Islam (2nd edition, Oneworld 2016).

Seats are limited. Please RSVP!