Transforming Faith: The Story of Al-Huda and Islamic Revivalism Among Urban Pakistani Women (Gender and Globalization) Over the last fifteen years, there have been an increasing number of middle- and upper-class urban Pakistani women actively turning toward Islam via Al-Huda, an Islamic school for women that aims to transform the women who absorb its message into “pious” subjects. Established in the early 1990s, Al-Huda is unique in its ability to attract a following among these women, a feat other religious groups have been unsuccessful in accomplishing. In Transforming Faith, Sadaf Ahmad deftly explores the multiple reasons behind Al-Huda’s success among a new generation of educated, urban, middle-class women. She presents an…. Read more
