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Okay, so this is the kind of thing you could spend an entire doctorate/career working on (ask me how I know!), but a few places to begin: https://twitter.com/ericlinuskaplan/status/1262826736661622784
You can start with @TheLadyImam's Qur'an & Woman (1992) for a take on scripture & gender-justice. The new edition of my Sexual Ethics & Islam (2016) includes references to some more recent literature, including work by @jerushatanner.
On Muslim women's lives, there are two basic things to keep in mind: the fantastic diversity of experiences (no such thing as "the Muslim woman") & the similarities w/ women from similar places/backgrounds across religious lines. The possible readings are endless.
You can begin w/ Leila Ahmed's sweeping Women & Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate. I like One Woman's Jihad (on scholar, poet, & educator Nana Asma'u), @jamillahkarim's American Muslim Women, @ShabanaMir1's Muslim American Women on Campus, but SO MANY BOOKS.
Later this year, you can add this handbook to your pool of resources: https://twitter.com/ProfIRMF/status/1262770516999516162
I have a chapter on "Marriage, Family, & Sexual Ethics" in Andrew Rippin's ed. The Islamic World, which some libraries have via JSTOR or other e-resources; if you don't have access, I'm happy to send a PDF (email me @ ka at bu dot edu).
I heartily recommend articles by Fatima Seedat, Lila Abu Lughod's Do Muslim Women Need Saving? (the book or the earlier article gives you the gist), & of course @schanmalik's brilliant Being Muslim: https://nyupress.org/9781479823420/being-muslim/
This is just off the top of my head & I'm sure I missed a million important things. Happy reading!
