With its own complex relationship with the Muslim world over the centuries, it was perhaps fitting that Spain should host the Fourth International Congress on Islamic Feminism, in Madrid, October 21-24. Spain’s Catholic monarchs forcibly converted Muslims to Christianity in the 16th century before then expelling many of those converts. This followed the Islamic occupation of Spain, when the religion fomented major cultural and scientific developments, especially in its major centres such as Córdoba. This year’s Madrid conference, however, looked ahead, analysing the future prospects of Islamic feminism, as well as its current state. More than 400 participants from across the world … [Read more...] about Islamic feminism: the only road to modernising a faith?