A Feminist Version of the Quran?

MAY 15, 2008 THURSDAY AT 3PM CT

 


  The Quran is said to be untranslatable, and has so far been the domain of male translators. This hour we will meet the woman who is tackling the Quran with a translation highlighting messages of inclusiveness and tolerance. The Sublime Quran translated by Laleh Bakhtiar, a celebrated scholar of Sufism, a writer, translator, and the only woman to have translated The Quran.

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  • Laleh Bakhtiar, scholar of Sufism, author of "The Sublime Quran"
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