"Believing Women" in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an is a 2002 book by Asma Barlas, published by the University of Texas Press.

According to Barlas, the Qur'an does not support patriarchy and modern day Muslims were not properly interpreting the text.

[1] She argues that the Qur'an supports equal spousal and marital rights and does not differentiate among sex and gender.

[5] Sands argued that the book is "an interesting contribution to contemporary Muslim thought that will be useful in teaching a broad range of undergraduate and graduate courses.

[5] Jane I. Smith of the Hartford Seminary stated that the book was "a well-constructed and thoughtfully written work, the arguments clearly developed and the prose a pleasure to read.