Fatima Seedat is a South African feminist, Islamic scholar and women's rights activist.
[5] Seedat is also Programme Convenor of the University of Cape Town's Mphil in Islam, Gender, and Sexuality with Sa'diyya Shaikh.
[7] She is co-editor of The Women's Khutbah Book: Contemporary Sermons on Spirituality and Justice from around the World with Sa'diyya Shaikh.
Seedat is the founder of Shura Yabafazi, a South African NGO that focuses on women in Muslim family law.
[9] She has worked for more than 25 years with a variety of organisations to advocate for legal protections for women in Muslim marriages.