Hirsi Ali, A. (2007). Infidel. New York: Free Press.
The story of a Somali Muslim woman who sought asylum in the Netherlands to escape the treatment of women in her religion.

Mahmoud, S. (2005). Politics of piety: The Islamic revival and the feminist subject. New Jersey : Princeton University Press.
A ethnographic study of Islam in Egypt shows that there are some subtle differences between these women and the women of the Middle East.  As a result, a commentary on religion and gender roles particularly in Islam can result.

Plaskow, J. (1991).  Setting the problem, Laying the ground. In Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism from a Feminist Perspective (pp. 1-24). New York: HarperCollins.
A look at the Jewish faith through the feminist perspective showing how women have influenced Jewish tradition due to their increased involvement.

Plaskow, J. (1991). Torah:  Reshaping Jewish memory.  In Standing Again at Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism from a Feminist Perspective (pp. 25-74). New York: HarperCollins.
A look at the Jewish faith through the feminist perspective showing how women have influenced Jewish tradition due to their increased involvement.

Wadud, A. (1999). Qur’an and woman: Rereading the sacred text from a woman’s perspective. New York: Oxford University Press.
Previously, the Qur’an has been read and interpreted by men. However, this book serves as the first time the Qur’an is interpreted by a women.  She takes what has been said in the past and shows them as incorrect actually giving women more equality in Islam than they have had previously.