Beyond Gender: Freedom, Jihad and Agency

This is an academic and research-based book that explores how ideas of gender, freedom, identity, and agency are understood in Muslim societies, especially in political and social contexts.

The author discusses how women and individuals experience power, control, resistance, and independence within cultural, religious, and political systems. It also critically examines the concept of “jihad” in a broader intellectual and sociopolitical sense, not just in a traditional or religious narrative.

📌 Main focus of the book:

• Gender roles and identity in society
• Freedom and personal agency
• Political and social interpretation of “jihad”
• Women’s position in Muslim intellectual discourse
• Power structures and resistance