“By digging up the buried tradition of women scholars, Akram has prepared the ground for radical social change. For Muslims, the Islamic past is not just a source of interest for historians but a blueprint for the present. Precedent, not innovation guides the devout on how to live and behave. So Akram’s discovery of these women scholars isn’t simply an interesting bit of long-buried history, but a quietly eloquent argument for changing the status quo.”
