Women as Imams: Classical Islamic Sources and Modern Debates on Leading Prayer (Gender and Islam)

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Simonetta Calderini is Reader in Islamic Studies at the University of Roehampton, U.K.
She has also been a post-doctoral research fellow at the Oriental Institute, University of Naples, Italy. She is the co-author of a ground-breaking book on women in pre-modern Islam, Women and the Fatimids in the world of Islam (2006). Her numerous and acclaimed publications on female ritual authority in Islam have made her a prominent voice in scholarly and public debates on issues relevant to women and Islam worldwide. Over the years she has been the recipient of several research awards and grants (AHRC, British Academy, SMT) which have supported her in the writing of this book. She received her PhD in Islamic Studies from SOAS, University of London, U.K.