Amina Jamal is associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Jamal’s biggest contribution lies in her ability to challenge the popular constructions of women who occupy leadership positions in the Jamaat. . . . Rather than being rooted in the past, as is so often believed, these women . . . play a very active role in using modernity to meet their ends. - Sadaf Ahmad, author of Transforming Faith

Amina Jamal is associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Jamal’s biggest contribution lies in her ability to challenge the popular constructions of women who occupy leadership positions in the Jamaat. . . . Rather than being rooted in the past, as is so often believed, these women . . . play a very active role in using modernity to meet their ends. - Sadaf Ahmad, author of Transforming Faith

Amina Jamal is associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Jamal’s biggest contribution lies in her ability to challenge the popular constructions of women who occupy leadership positions in the Jamaat. . . . Rather than being rooted in the past, as is so often believed, these women . . . play a very active role in using modernity to meet their ends. - Sadaf Ahmad, author of Transforming Faith