This pioneering book makes an innovative contribution to Muslim feminist ethics. It is grounded in a collection of religious sermons (khutbahs) by contemporary Muslim women in a variety of new and emerging contexts, in South Africa, Senegal, Egypt, Malaysia, Pakistan, Indonesia, Canada, Mexico, the United States, Germany, Denmark, and the United Kingdom.

Here, I’m talking with Sa’diyya Shaikh and Fatima Seedat, authors of The Women’s Khutbah Book: Contemporary Sermons on Spirituality and Justice from around the World.

Sa’diyya Shaikh is an associate professor in the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Cape Town and the author of Sufi Narratives of Intimacy: Ibn ‘Arabī, Gender, and Sexuality.

Fatima Seedat is head of the Department of African Feminist Studies at the University of Cape Town