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AbstractThe aim of this article is to outline and analyse the delineating features of the Neo-Traditional Salafi model of interpreting Qur'an and Sunnah indicants and the interpretational implications of this model in relation to constructing a "normative" concept of a Muslimah (model for a Muslim woman). The author argues that the NTS interpretational model is based on a range of epistemological and methodological assumptions pertaining to the conceptualisation and interpretation of the nature and the scope of the Qur'an and Sunnah.

AbstractOver the past few decades, interest in and conversion to Islam among non-Muslims in the West has been on the rise. There is a view in the scholarly literature that Western converts to Islam are overrepresented in regard to politicized interpretations of the religion, commonly referred to as political Islam or Islamism, and even militancy or jihadism. This article presents the findings of a national survey of Muslim Australians. It focuses on views amongst Australian converts to Islam concerning political Islam, including views and understandings of such concepts as the caliphate, shariah, and jihad, and the relationship between Islam and politics, democracy, and conflict. The findings suggest that in the Australian context, converts to Islam are not more likely, and in some cases less likely, than the broader born-Muslim population, to understand and interpret Islam in accordance with political Islamist ideology.

1. Gender, Religion and Feminisms -- 2. Masculinity and Femininity in the Premodern Islamic Interpretative Tradition: A Conceptual Overview -- 3. The Logic of Patriarchal Honour and Its Manifestations in Muslim Contexts: Veiling, Female Genital Cutting and Honor based Violence -- 4. Interpretations of Qur'an and Sunnah (Manhaj) and Gender -- 5. Gender and Hadith -- 6. Marriage (Qiwama, Wilaya and Faddala) -- 7. Divorce (nushuz, ta'a, daraba) -- 8. Inheritance and Polygamy -- 9. Adultery and Sexual Violence -- 10. Gender and Sexual Diversity -- 11. Lived Religiosities: Contesting Authoritative Discourses and Practices -- 12. Muslim Female Religious Agency and Gender Justice in Islam -- 13. Conclusion.