Asma Lamrabet

Moroccan Activists Push for Sweeping Family Code Reforms, Including Decriminalization of Abortion

2 May 2023

Moroccan personalities are calling on the Moroccan government, which is in the midst of preparing a reform of the Penal Code, to decriminalize extramarital sexual relations and (…)

Moroccan Author Calls for Feminist Reinterpretation of Islam to Empower Women

13 March 2021

Moroccan writer Asma Lamrabet said Thursday, during a videoconference seminar organized on the occasion of International Women’s Day, that the fulfillment of women in Muslim (…)

Moroccan Scholar Argues Islamic Principles Oppose Criminalizing Adultery

8 February 2021

The Islamologist and researcher, Asma Lamrabet, calls for the repeal of Article 490 of the Penal Code which punishes extramarital sexual relations. According to her and the (…)

Feminist Scholar Explores Women’s Roles in Prophet Muhammad’s Life in New Book

20 September 2020

"The Prophet of Islam and the Women in His Life" is the title of the new book by the essayist and feminist Asma Lamrabet, director of the Chair of Gender Studies at the (…)

Islamologist: COVID-19 Crisis May Spark Global Spiritual Awakening

5 April 2020

"Institutionalized religions, carried by their official representatives, will surely have to review their copies in the post-crisis period," warns the Islamologist Asma (…)

Moroccan Scholar Asma Lamrabet Renounces Veil, Cites Personal Conviction

23 October 2019

In a post on her Facebook page, Asma Lamrabet, former Director of the Center for Women’s Studies in Islam, discussed the reasons behind her renunciation of wearing the veil.