We are grateful to our movement family: those who came before us and those who work alongside of us. Women – particularly Black, Indigenous, brown, Muslim, queer, and trans women and femmes – have been at the forefront of this work for centuries. We are indebted to so many of our sisters in the movement for laying the groundwork for us to do what we do, and for that we will forever be grateful. While there are too many to name in entirety, we want to uplift our favorite resources, organizations, and scholarly works. This is our way to extend our sincere gratitude to some of our organizational partners and teachers that have been particularly critical in our learning as we deepened our analysis of the reproductive justice and anti-sexual violence movements. If you have a resource you want to share that is not on here, we’d like to know! Email us at info@heartwomenandgirls.org.
Reproductive Justice Organizations & Resources
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Policy Forum
Marty, Robin. New Handbook for a Post Roe America: The Complete Guide to Abortion Legality, Access, and Practical Support. Available on amazon. Check out this useful infographic as well.
Ross, Loretta and Solinger, Rickie. Reproductive Justice: An Introduction. (2017). Available on amazon.
Anti-Violence Organizations
The National Domestic Violence Hotline
Anti-Racism Organizations and Resources
Move to End Violence 6-week racial equity and liberation virtual learning series
Black Muslim Psychology Conference
Black Islam Syllabus by Kayla Wheeler
Anti-Islamophobia Organizations
Justice for Muslims Collective
Mental Health and Trauma
The Family and Youth Institute
Queer and Trans Muslim organizations
Muslim Alliance for Gender and Sexual Diversity
Muslim Youth Leadership Council @ Advocates for Youth
Scholarly works on Gender, Sexuality, and Islam
Akande, Habeeb. Kunyaza: The Secret to Female Pleasure. 2018.
Ali, Kecia. Sexual Ethics and Islam: Feminist Reflections on Qur’an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence. 2016.
Ali, Kecia, ed. (2021). Half for Faith: American Muslim Marriage and divorce in the twenty-first century. Available at: https://open.bu.edu/handle/2144/42505?fbclid=IwAR1VT2LHZDhpuhOSnBgypsXDH7ki5bt0OQwyc7N5j1hEwGddY-T1ASzlaC4
Ali-Faisal, Sobia. (2014). Crossing sexual barriers: The influence of background factors and personal attitudes on sexual guilt and sexual anxiety among Canadian and American Muslim women and men . Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 5051. https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/5051
Ayubi, Zahra. (2019). “Muslim Biomedical Ethics of neonatal care: Theory, Praxis, and Authority.” Religion and Ethics in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Oxford University Press. https://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780190636852.001.0001/med-9780190636852-chapter-6
Ayubi, Zahra. (2021). “Authority and Epistemology in Islamic Medical Ethics of Women’s Reproductive Health.” Journal of Religious Ethics. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jore.12350
Barlas, Asma (2001). “Muslim Women and Sexual Oppression: Reading Liberation from the Quran.” Macalester International: Volume 10, Article 15. Available at https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1250&context=macintl
Bowen, D. L. 2006. “Reproduction: Abortion and Islam – Overview.” Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, Volume III: Family, Body, Sexuality and Health. Leiden and Boston: Brill
Kugle, Scott Siraj al-Haqq. Homosexuality in Islam: Critical Refections on Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims. Oxford: OneWorld Publications, 2010.
Mattson, Ingrid. “Gender and Sexuality in Islamic Bioethics.” Islamic Bioethics: Current Issues and Challenges. 2018.
Sanjakdar, Fida. Living West, Facing East: The (De)Construction of Muslim Youth Sexual Identities. 2011.
Shaikh, Sa’diyya. (2003). “Family Planning, Contraception, and Abortion in Islam: Understanding Khilafah.” in Maguire, D.C. (ed.). Sacred Rights: The Case for Contraception and Abortion in World Religions. Oxford University Press, Inc. https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195160017.001.0001/acprof-9780195160017-chapter-5
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Wadud, Amina. Quran and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman’s perspective. 1999.
Scholarly Works on Gender-Based Violence and Islam
Al-Hibri, Azizah. An Islamic Perspective on Domestic Violence. Available at: https://karamah.org/an-islamic-perspective-on-domestic-violence/
Al-Hibri, Azizah; Ghazal, Ghada. “Debunking the Myth: Angels Cursing Hadith.” Available at: https://karamah.org/debunking-the-myth-angels-cursing-hadith/
Azam, Hina. Rape as a Variant of Fornication (zina) in Islamic Law: An Examination of the Early Legal Reports. Journal of Law and Religion. 2012-13. Vol 28. No 2.
Azmat, Alia; Khayr, Yasmeen; Mohajir, Nadiah; Reyna, Monica; Spitz, Gina. “They Sit with the Discomfort, They Sit with the Pain Instead of Coming Forward”: Muslim Students’ Awareness, Attitudes, and Challenges Mobilizing Sexual Violence Education on Campus. Religions. 2023, 14(1), 19; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14010019
Hammer, Julianne. Peaceful Families: American Muslim Efforts Against Domestic Violence. 2019. Princeton University Press.
Mattson, Ingrid. 2021. Spiritual Abuse + the Hurma Project. TV interview. Available at: https://www.facebook.com/MuslimNetworkTV/videos/451356129512697/
Resources on gender-based violence and economic abuse
Freefrom, Post Separation Economic Power and Control. Available at: https://www.theduluthmodel.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Post-Separation-Economic-P-and-C-Univesity-of-Glasgow.pdf
Freefrom, Prioritizing Financial Security in the Movement to End IPV: A Roadmap. Available at: https://www.freefrom.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Prioritizing_Financial_Security_Report.pdf
Survived and Punished, Safety Planning and Intimate Partner Violence: A Toolkit for Survivors and Supporters. Available at: https://survivedandpunished.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IPVSafetyToolkit.pdf
Resources on Restorative and Transformative Justice
Mingus, Mia. Leaving Evidence. Blog.
Kaba, Mariamme; Hassan, Shira. Fumbling towards Repair: A Workbook for Community Accountability Practitioners. 2019.
Resources on Liberatory Practices, Self and Community Care
Brown, Adrienne Marie. Emergent Strategy. 2017.
