ABSTRACT
The country reports in this volume express marginal interest in internal diversity and gendered perspectives in IRE across Europe. Still, both outlooks are becoming increasingly relevant in the European context, and there seems to be a rising awareness of the value of including diversity and gendered issues in the representation of Islam in the academic study of Islam and RE alike. This chapter discusses the didactic potential in adopting such issues through postcolonial and feminist approaches to IRE. It has been argued that addressing internal religious debates as presented by Muslim feminists, for instance, may serve as an entry into diversity and gendered issues existing within Islam that otherwise tend to be ignored.
