Mona Hassan

Journal article Journal of Islamic Studies · January 1, 2018 Although Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī is primarily known for his seminal scholarship in the field of prophetic traditions or ḥadīth studies, he was also an accomplished poet. In fact, as this article reveals, one of the poems that Ibn Ḥajar included in his caref ... Link to item Cite

Relations, Narrations, and Judgments: The Scholarly Networks and Contributions of an Early Female Muslim Jurist

Journal article Islamic Law and Society · 2015 Through an extensive analysis of early biographical dictionaries and histories, ḥadīth collections and commentaries, as well as legal texts, I reconstruct the life of a female jurist from the third generation of Muslims. It was through informal networks of ... Link to item Cite

Women Preaching for the Secular State: Official Female Preachers (Bayan Vaizler) in Contemporary Turkey

Journal article International Journal of Middle East Studies · 2011 Nearly one-third of Turkey’s official preaching workforce are women. Their numbers have risen considerably over the past two decades, fueled by an unforeseen feminization of higher religious education as well as the Directorate of Religious Affairs’ attemp ... Link to item Cite

Women at the Intersection of Turkish Politics, Religion, and Education: The Unexpected Path to Becoming a State-Sponsored Female Preacher

Journal article Comparative Islamic Studies · 2011 This article elucidates how increased religious educational opportunities for girls over the past few decades, sparked by Turkey’s transition from single-party rule to a multi-party political system, has fostered the development of state-sponsored female p ... Link to item Cite