What is Riffat Hassan?
'''Riffat Hassan''' (born 1943 in [[Lahore]]) is a [[Pakistani]]-[[Americans|American]] [[feminist]] and [[Islamic]] scholar of the [[Quran]].<ref>Susan N Cahill 'Wise Women', New York:Norton & Co, 1996</ref> She studied from [[Durham University]], [[England]] and later moved to the [[United States]]. She has taught at schools including [[Oklahoma State University]] and [[Harvard University]], and is currently a professor of Religious Studies at the [[University of Louisville]], Kentucky She is a strong supporter of 'Progressive Islam' and of the right of [[abortion]] and to the access to [[contraception]] for Muslim women{{fact|date=September 2014}}. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hassan, Riffat}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Abortion-rights activists]] [[Category:Academics from Oklahoma]] [[Category:American feminists]] [[Category:American Muslims]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:Pakistani Muslims]] [[Category:People from Lahore]] [[Category:Pakistani academics]] [[Category:Academics from Kentucky]] [[Category:Harvard University faculty]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Durham]]