The Queen of Sheba. Would rethinking the Quranic story support female public leadership in Islam?
The Queen of Sheba. Would rethinking the Quranic story support female public leadership in Islam?

Summary/Abstract: The story of the queen of Sheba is a story about an impressing female queen, who has been praised in Quran and acknowledged as a distinguished leader. This celebrated queen is for sure a counter example that challenges all notorious fundamental Islamic arguments held against female public leadership. Unfortunately, the clear gender egalitarian message in the Quranic story didn’t get much positive attention from the majority of classical and even modern exegetes. This paper is a linguistic analytic attempt to reevaluate the story from an Islamic feminist point of view. The paper asserts, contrary to mainstream Islam, a full as well as an unconditional acknowledgment of women public leadership.

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