Kecia Ali
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Ali received her BA at Stanford University in History and Feminist Studies in 1993. Then, in 2000, she received her M.A. in Religion and in 2002 her Ph.D. in Religion both at Duke University. She converted to Islam while in college.
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Ali has written relating to the topic of marriage, womanhood, and their connection with, and development alongside, Islam. She is sensitive to the way the Western World perceives women in Islam and says that in Islamic studies "Issues of gender are very much on everybody's minds."
Sexual Ethics and Islam: Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence was called a "challenging contribution" to Islamic history by Comparative Islamic Studies. Ali talks about controversial topics such as marriage, divorce, sex, concubinage, same-sex intimacy, and much more.
Ali has since published an anniversary addition of Sexual Ethics and Islam. This 2016 edition supplements the existing chapters with a Coda to further expand on topics previously addressed.
Marriage and Slavery in Early Islam was called a "meticulous, pellucid, authoritative and very focused survey of early Islamic marriage law" by the Journal of the American Academy of Religion. The Journal of Law & Religion calls Marriage and Slavery a "valuable contribution to the fields of legal, historical and gender studies."The Lives of Muhammad was reviewed favorably by Publishers Weekly.