Muslim Women Frame a New Dialogue Between Cultures

Women frame a new dialogue between cultures

Asifa Quraishi and Laleh Bakhtiar speak on women’s role in the Islamic world. (Courtesy Nora Feller

It's the first step in a long process

By John Colson
Aspen, CO Colorado
August 24, 2007


ASPEN — For those who want to resolve the current standoff between Islam and the West - and, in particular, for women caught in the middle of that standoff - the best hope was defined this week as a two-pronged effort.

That effort, as currently envisioned, would involve the injection of feminist voices into what has always been a predominantly male Islamic legal framework, coupled with a public-relations blitz aimed at countering Western misunderstandings of the Muslim world.

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