Gender, Domestic Violence &
Muslim Women: Bibliography
November 2011 | Links updated January 2017
This bibliography lists scholarly and popular works relevant to the topics of gender, domestic violence
and Muslim women.
Abd-Allah, Umar Faruq. (2004). Famous Women in Islam (sound recording). Burr Ridge, IL: Nawawi
Foundation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tVZ2QNbrhE
Abdel Meguid, Mona Bakry. (2006). Measuring Arab immigrant women's definition of marital violence:
Creating and validating an instrument for use in social work practice. Dissertation Abstracts International,
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Abdo, Geneive. (2006). Mecca and Main Street: Muslim Life in America after 9/11. New York, NY: Oxford
University Press.
Abdul-Ghafur, Saleemah (Ed.). (2005). Living Islam Out Loud: American Muslim Women Speak. Boston,
MA: Beacon Press.
Abdullah, Keilani. (2007). A Peaceful Ideal, Violent Realities: A Study on Muslim Female Domestic Violence
Survivors. In Maha B. Alkhateeb and Salma Elkadi Abugideiri. (Eds.), Change from Within: Diverse
Perspectives on Domestic Violence in Muslim Communities, (pp. 69-89). Great Falls, VA: Peaceful Families
Project. www.peacefulfamilies.org/resources.php
Abou el-Fadl, Khaled. (2001). Speaking in God’s Name: Islamic Law, Authority and Women. Oxford, UK:
Oneworld Publications.
Abraham, Margaret. (2000). Speaking the Unspeakable: Marital Violence among South Asian Immigrants
in the United States. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Abugideiri, Salma. (2005). A Perspective on Domestic Violence in the Muslim Community. Working Together
(Fall, FaithTrust Institute Newsletter), 25, 1-4.
http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/resources/articles/DV-in-Muslim-Community.pdf
Abugideiri, Salma Elkadi. (2007). Domestic Violence Among Muslims Seeking Mental Health Counseling. In
Maha B. Alkhateeb and Salma Elkadi Abugideiri. (Eds.), Change from Within: Diverse Perspectives on
Domestic Violence in Muslim Communities, (pp. 91-115). Great Falls, VA: Peaceful Families Project.
www.peacefulfamilies.org/resources.php
Abugideiri, Salma. (2011). Domestic Violence. In Ahmed, S., & Amer, M. M. (Eds.), Muslim Mental Health, A
Treatment Handbook. (pp. 309-328). New York, NY: Routledge.
Abu-Lughod, Lila. (2002). Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving? Anthropological Reflections on Cultural
Relativism and Its Others. American Anthropologist, 104(3), 783-790.
Abu-Ras, Wahiba M. (2003). Barriers to Services for Arab Immigrant Battered Women in a Detroit Suburb.
Journal of Social Work Research and Evaluation, 4(1), 49-66.
Abusulayman, Abdulhamid. (2003). Marital Discord: Recapturing the Full Islamic Spirit of Human Dignity.
Herndon, VA: International Institute of Islamic Thought.
Adam, Najma. (2000). Domestic Violence Against Women within Immigrant Indian and Pakistani
Communities in the United States. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, 04(0799).
Afsaruddin, Asma. (Ed.). (1999). Hermeneutics and Honor: Negotiating Female “Public” Space in
Islamic/ate Societies. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Middle East Monographs XXXII.
http://www.karamah.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/AfsaruddinGenderedSpace.pdf
Afzal-Khan, Fawzia. (Ed.). (2005). Shattering Stereotypes: Muslim Women Speak Out. Northampton, MA:
Olive Branch Press.
Ahmad, Farah. (2004). Patriarchal Beliefs and Perceptions of Abuse Among South Asian Immigrant Women.
Violence Against Women, 10(3), 262-282.
Ahmad, Fauzia. (2003). Still ‘In Progress’? – Methodological Dilemmas, Tensions and Contradictions in
Theorizing South Asian Muslim Women. In Nirmal Puwar and Parvati Raghuram (Eds.), South Asian Women
in the Diaspora. (pp. 43-65) Oxford, UK: Berg Publishers.
Ahmed, Leila. (1992). Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate. New Haven, CT:
Yale University Press.
al-Hibri, Azizah Y. (1999). Muslim Women’s Rights in the Global Village: Challenges and Opportunities.
Journal of Law and Religion, 15, 37-66. http://www.cie.ugent.be/CIE2/alhibri1.htm
al-Hibri, Azizah Y. (2000). An Islamic Perspective on Domestic Violence. Fordham International Law Journal,
27, 195-224. http://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1917&context=ilj
al-Hibri, Azizah Y. (2000). Muslim Marriage Contract in American Courts. Lecture at Minaret of Freedom
Banquet, May 20, 2000. http://www.minaret.org/azizah.htm
Ali, Dilshad D. (2006). The Power of Muslim Women. www.beliefnet.com/story/200/story_20000.html Beliefnet’s coverage of the WISE Conference (Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equity), Cordoba
House (Formerly, ASMA Society). November 17-19, 2006. http://cordobahouse.com/
Ali, Kecia. (2003). Progressive Muslims and Islamic Jurisprudence: the Necessity for Critical Engagement with
Marriage and Divorce Law. In Omid Safi (Ed.), Progressive Muslims on Justice, Gender and Pluralism (pp.
163-189). Oxford, UK: Oneworld Publications.
Ali, Kecia. (2006). Sexual Ethics and Islam: Feminist Reflections on Qur’an, Hadith and Jurisprudence.
Oxford: Oneworld Publications.
Ali, Osman M., Milstein, Glen, Marzuk, Peter M. (2005). The Imam's Role in Meeting the Counseling Needs of
Muslim Communities in the United States. Psychiatric Services, 56(2), 202-205.
https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/sites/default/files/profiles/upload/Imams-85-Moved.pdf
Ali-Karamali, Sumbul. (2008). The Muslim Next Door: The Qur'an, the Media, and That Veil Thing.
Ashland, OR: White Cloud Press.
Aliaskari, Mahsa. (2000). U.S. Asylum Law Applied to Battered Women Fleeing Islamic Countries. American
University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law, 8(2), 231-282.
Alkhateeb, Maha. (2012). Islamic Marriage Contracts: A Resource Guide for Legal Professionals, Advocates,
Imams, & Communities. Peaceful Families Project, Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence, and
Battered Women’s Justice Project.
http://api-gbv.org/download/Islamic.Marriage.Contracts.Resource.Guide-APIIDV-2012.pdf
Alkhateeb, Maha B. and Abugideiri, Salma Elkadi. (2007). Introduction. In Maha B. Alkhateeb and Salma
Elkadi Abugideiri. (Eds.), Change from Within: Diverse Perspectives on Domestic Violence in Muslim
Communities, (pp. 13-30). Great Falls, VA: Peaceful Families Project.
www.peacefulfamilies.org/CFWIntro.pdf; www.peacefulfamilies.org/resources.php
Alkhateeb, Maha B. and Abugideiri, Salma Elkadi. (Eds.). (2007). Change from Within: Diverse Perspectives
on Domestic Violence in Muslim Communities. Great Falls, VA: Peaceful Families Project.
www.peacefulfamilies.org/resources.php
Alkhateeb, Sharifa. (n.d.). Muslim Power and Control Wheel. Adapted from the Duluth Model.
www.peacefulfamilies.org/dvwheel.html
Alkhateeb, Sharifa. (n.d.). The Muslim Marriage Contract. www.beliefnet.com/story/73/story_7375_1.html
Alkhateeb, Sharifa. (1999). Ending Domestic Violence in Muslim Families. Journal of Religion and Abuse,
1(4), 49-59. www.themodernreligion.com/women/dv-ending.htm
Alkhateeb, Sharifa. (2002). Who has the Right to Save Muslim Women from Abuse? Journal of Religion and
Abuse, 4(1), 17-20.
Alkhateeb, Sharifa, Ellis, Sharon and Fortune, Marie M. (2003). Domestic Violence: The Responses of
Christian and Muslim Communities. Journal of Religion and Abuse, 2, 3-24.
Almosaed, Nora. (2004). Violence Against Women: A Cross-cultural Perspective. Journal of Muslim Minority
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Alwani, Zainab. (2007). The Qur’anic Model for Harmony in Family Relations. In Maha B. Alkhateeb and
Salma Elkadi Abugideiri. (Eds.), Change from Within: Diverse Perspectives on Domestic Violence in
Muslim Communities, (pp. 33-66). Great Falls, VA: Peaceful Families Project.
www.peacefulfamilies.org/resources.php
Alwani, Zanaib. (2012). Domestic Violence: Islamic Perspective. http://karamah.org/wpcontent/uploads/2012/07/Domestic-violence-Islamic-Perspective-FINAL.pdf
Alwani, Zainab and Abugideiri, Salma. (2003). What Islam Says About Domestic Violence: A Guide for
Helping Muslim Families. Herndon, VA: Foundation for Appropriate and Immediate Temporary Help
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Amanullah, Zahed. (2002). No Hate Crime Charges in Rape of CA Muslim Girl, September 18, 2002.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/altmuslim/2002/09/no_hate_crime_charges_in_rape_of_ca_muslim_girl/
Ameen, Nusrat. (2005). Wife Abuse in Bangladesh: An Unrecognized Offence. Bangladesh: University
Press Limited.
Ammar, Nawal. (2000). Simplistic Stereotyping and Complex Reality of Arab-American Immigrant Identity:
Consequence of Future Strategies in Policing Wife Battery. Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, 11(1),
5170.
Ammar, Nawal H. (2007). Wife Battery in Islam: A Comprehensive Understanding of Interpretations.
Violence Against Women, 13(5), pp. 516-526.
Anwar, Etin. (2006). Gender and Self in Islam. London and New York: Routledge.
Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence. (2006). Lifetime Spiral of Gender Violence. Oakland, CA.
http://www.api-gbv.org/download/Lifetime.Spiral.Of.Gender.Violence-HANDOUT%2011-21-16.pdf (English)
http://www.api-gbv.org/download/Lifetime.Spiral-Farsi.Translation-APIIDV%2011-23-16.pdf (Farsi)
Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence. (2009). Facts & Stats: Domestic Violence in Asian and
Pacific Islander Homes. Oakland, CA. http://www.api-gbv.org/download/Facts.Stats-APIIDV-2015.pdf
Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence. (2010). Directory of Domestic Violence Programs Serving
Muslim Communities. Oakland, CA.
http://www.api-gbv.org/download/Muslim-ServiceProgramsDirectory-3.2011.pdf
Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence. (2010). Muslim Forums on Women’s Issues: A Resource
Directory. Oakland, CA.
http://www.api-gbv.org/download/Muslim.Forums.On.Womens.Issues-APIIDV-3.2011.pdf
Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence. (2011). Factsheet: Domestic Violence in Muslim
Communities. Oakland, CA. http://www.api-gbv.org/download/DVFactSheet-Muslim-APIIDV-2011.pdf
Asian Women's Shelter. (1999). The Multilingual Access Model: A Model for Outreach and Services in
NonEnglish Speaking Communities. Harrisburg, PA: National Resource Center on Domestic Violence.
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Aslan, Reza. (2005). No god but God: the Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam. New York, NY: Random
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Awad, Abed. (2002). Court Enforces Mahr Provision in Muslim Marriage Contract: Odatalla Recognizes the
Secular Terms of a Religious Agreement. New Jersey Law Journal, 169(11), 28-31.
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Awad, Abed and Popescu, Robert S. (2003). Appellate Division Declines to Adopt Bright-Line Prohibition
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Ayyub, Ruksana. (2000). Domestic violence in the South Asian Muslim Immigrant Population in the United
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Badran, Margot. (2007). Feminism Beyond East and West: New Gender Talk and Practice in Global Islam.
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Bakhtiar, Laleh. (2007). The Sublime Quran. Chicago, IL: Kazi Publications.
Baobaid, Mohammed. (2002). Access to Women Abuse Services by Arab-Speaking Muslim Women in
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Barlas, Asma. (2001). Muslim Women & Sexual Oppression: Reading Liberation from the Qur’an.
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