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Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer  Islamic studies scholar Celene Ibrahim says in places like America, much of what Muslim women do is a matter of choice. Ibrahim was the guest speaker at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Diversity Dialogues series.

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Islamic studies scholar Celene Ibrahim says in places like America, much of what Muslim women do is a matter of choice. Ibrahim was the guest speaker at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Diversity Dialogues series.

Harvard Islamic studies scholar Celene Ibrahim talks Feminism

December 12, 2016

"Ibrahim, a scholar in residence at Hebrew College and Andover Newton Theological School and a Muslim chaplain at Tufts University, addressed the stereotypes at “Muslim Feminism,” the second of three Faculty of Arts and Sciences Diversity Dialogues.

Ibrahim also challenged the misconception that Muslim women are not allowed to pursue education. She pointed out that Muhammad directed that every person must seek knowledge, regardless of gender.

'Seeking knowledge is a duty upon every Muslim,” she said. Citing as examples Farah Pandith, the State Department’s first ever-special representative to Muslim communities; architect Maryam Eskandari; sitcom creator Zarqa Nawaz; and Ghazala Khan, the gold star mother of a U.S. Army captain killed in Iraq, Ibrahim said, “For Muslim women there is not a single path. Their influence is broad and takes many different paths.'”

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