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Quotes from Asma Barlas

Masculinizing God is the first step in positing a hierarchy in which males situate themselves beneath God and above women, implying that there is a symbolic (and sometimes literal) continuum between God's Rule over humans and male rule over women.
~ Asma Barlas
First, parents are not intermediaries between God and children. Secondly, all children are to come to God's truth as individual moral agents independent of, and if necessary, even in conflict with the views of their parents. Finally, even if children are expected to disobey erring parents, they are simultaneously reminded to care for and be fair to them.
~ Asma Barlas
However, my argument assumes that there is a relationship between God and God's word; thus, my 'theological solution' to unjust interpretations is to be more scrupulous in aligning our readings of God's word with our conceptions of God so as to avoid attributing injustice to God.
~ Asma Barlas