"I map how Sufism resides at the heart of Muslim spirituality and has fundamental implications for thinking about gender in terms of law, virtue and ethics."
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Shaikh describes the book 'Sufi Narratives of Intimacy: Ibn 'Arabi, Gender, and Sexuality' as reflecting a feminist voice within Islam. 2015
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