If Allah Has No Gender, Why Not Refer To God As 'She?'
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June 6, 20238m 24s
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When people speak about God in various religions, the deity is typically referred to using the masculine pronoun "He."
In Islam, Allah is not depicted as male or female — Allah has no gender. Yet Allah has traditionally been referred to, and imagined by many, as a man.
Some Muslim women have begun to refer to Allah with feminine or gender neutral pronouns.
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Hafsa Lodi, who wrote about this movement in the religion magazine The Revealer, about what's driving this.
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In Islam, Allah is not depicted as male or female — Allah has no gender. Yet Allah has traditionally been referred to, and imagined by many, as a man.
Some Muslim women have begun to refer to Allah with feminine or gender neutral pronouns.
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Hafsa Lodi, who wrote about this movement in the religion magazine The Revealer, about what's driving this.
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