Acknowledgements
Foreword – Kecia Ali
Introduction – Samah Choudhury and Juliane Hammer
circumambulation – a poem by Sara Bawany
Media and Community Discourses on Sexual Violence
Chapter 1: Locating Islam in the Language of Sexual Violence – Samah Choudhury
Chapter 2: Troubling Similarities: Reflections on Muslim Efforts Against Sexual Violence and on Palestine Solidarity Work – Juliane Hammer
Chapter 3: Coercion into Marriage and Sex: How Islam is Instrumentalised – Farah Hasan
The Realities of Sexual Violence – Empirical Studies
Chapter 4: Muslim Sexual Assault Survivors’ Experiences: Reflections from the Trenches – Shafieka Moos
Chapter 5: Who Experiences Sexual Violence in Muslim Communities? – Haddijatou Ceesay, Yasmeen Khayr, Sabreen Mohammed, Kiran Waqar, and Hera Syed
Chapter 6: The Intersections of Sexual Health, Professional Misconduct, Medical Education and Islamic Bioethics: A Way Forward – Mariam B. Khan
Chapter 7: “Kindergeld is My Blood; My Blood Cannot Be Violated”: West African Muslim Women’s Experiences of Sexual Abuse in Germany – Fulera Issaka-Toure
Chapter 8: Beyond the Hijab and Jellabiya in Muslim Communities: Awareness of Sexual Violence Against Muslim Women in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria – Chidera Stephnie Uwaeme
Spiritual Abuse and Sexual Violence
Chapter 9: When Sexual Violence Intersects with Spiritual Abuse: Exploring the Misuse of Religious Tradition and Authority to Perpetuate a Culture of Sexual Violence – Sabreen Mohammed, Haddijatou Ceesay, Yasmeen Khayr, Hera Syed, Nadiah Mohajir
Chapter 10: Spiritual Abuse in Islamic Contexts in Germany: An Attempt to Characterize the Phenomenon – Dina El Omari
Chapter 11: Between Hoors and Whores: Spiritual Abuse and Online Sexual Exploitation of the Muslim Girl Child – Maryyum Mehmood
Religious Texts and Interpretations
Chapter 12: Surat Yusuf and the MeToo Movement: A Reflection – Halla Attallah
Chapter 13: The Case of Sexual Assault in Sūra 12: Yūsuf and Zulayḫā in Premodern Qur’anic Exegesis – Botaina Azouaghe
Chapter 14: Addressing Abuse Through God-Consciousness – Saadia Yacoob
Critical Approaches to Sexual Violence
Chapter 15: Shifting Sands: Public Discourses on Sexual Violence in the South African Muslim Community – Margherita Picchi
Chapter 16: Spiritual Abuse, Grooming and Religious Leaders: Rethinking Gender Ethics within Muslim Communities – Sa’diyya Shaikh
Chapter 17: A Critical Approach to the Study of Religious and Sexual Abuse in Sufi Communities – Rose Deighton-Mohammed
Resources for Addressing Sexual Violence
Chapter 18: Responding with RAHMA: A Holistic Approach to Challenging Sexual Violence in Muslim Communities – Nadiah Mohajir and Navila Rashid
Chapter 19: Siblinghood, Shame, and Spiritual Healing: A New Approach to Muslim Chaplaincy for Survivors of Sexual Violence – Wietske Merison
Chapter 20: Barriers to Healing and Justice and Moving toward Abolitionist Solutions – Sabreen Mohammed, Sahar Pirzada, Kiran Waqar, and Anahita Farishta
Chapter 21: Academics, Community Activists, Muslim Leadership, Limits, and Collaboration: A Case Study (incl. FACE case study) – Nancy A. Khalil
Reflections on Advocacy Work
Chapter 22: It Takes HEART to Grow: Cultivating Communities of Belonging – Nadiah Mohajir
Chapter 23: The Story of Muslim Women For: Reimagining Community-Based Systems of Care in Muslim Communities – Lela Ali
Chapter 24: The Opposite of Solitude – Sara Bawany
About the Authors
Sexual Violence in Muslim Communities: Towards Awareness and Accountability 