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Kecia Ali

Kecia Ali is Assistant Professor of Religion at Boston University. She previously held research and teaching fellowships at Brandeis University and Harvard Divinity School.

New Books, RD10QJune 2, 2010

Sexual Ethics and Islam

By Kecia Ali

Asked about other titles she’d considered, Ali replied, “I would have accepted any title that didn’t have ‘veil’ in it.”

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