A Muslim-convert academic who is married to The Project's Waleed Aly says Islamic women are often portrayed as meek and submissive.

While Muslim women often wear the hijab or very occasionally the burqa in public, Dr Carland has used her book to argue the portrayal of Islamic women was misleading.

The hijab-wearing author of 'Fighting Hislam: Women, Faith and Sexism' describes critics of Islam as Islamophobic but she is uncomfortable answering questions about female genital mutilation and the treatment of women in Islam.

She did however have something to say about how Muslim women are portrayed in the West.

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Author and Muslim convert Susan Carland (left) is married to The Project's Waleed Aly

Susan Carland and her husband Waleed Aly had dinner last year with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and controversial Muslim youth activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied

'The stereotype of Muslim women is that they're meek and submissive. So they're seen as a weaker target,' she told News Corp.

'It's Muslim women and kids in Muslim school uniforms who are more likely to be targeted with Islamophobia'.

Dr Carland, who converted to Islam when she was 19, is also close to controversial Muslim youth activist Yassmin Abel-Magied, who is continuing to face calls for her sacking from the ABC for an offensive Anzac Day post on Facebook.

Ms Abdel-Magied sparked uproar in February when she described Islam as the 'most feminist religion' during a fiery clash with Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie.

Susan Carland is close to controversial Muslim youth activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Susan Carland has complained in her book about being asked questions on female genital mutilation

Islam critic Ayaan Hirsi Ali says it is misleading to equate Islam with liberal values like feminism

Former Muslim turned atheist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born critic of Islam and author who campaigns against female genital mutilation, criticised Ms Abdel-Magied for equating Islam with the freedoms women enjoyed in secular, Western societies.

In light of these criticisms of Islam from a woman who receives regular death threats, Dr Carland's book explores how Muslim women fight sexism.

However, she is uncomfortable about being regularly asked about female genital mutilation, which is prevalent in Muslim-majority nations in Africa and Asia.

Her reluctance to discuss uncomfortable issues also comes only weeks after Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir posted a Facebook video saying it was alright for husbands to hit their wives with a stick.

'When I do interviews, when Muslim women do interviews, we are asked the same questions … Why do you wear hijab? Do you feel oppressed? Does your husband make you wear that? Why does your religion command FGM?,' she said.

Dr Carland rattles off the queries she's fielded dozens of times, counting on her fingers.

'Sexism is everywhere — not just the Muslim community. It's everywhere. It might take different forms in different communities but it is sadly everywhere'.

She invited to her book launch left-wing feminist Clementine Ford.

Secular British Muslim Maajid Nawaz coined the term regressive left to describe how the left regards any criticism of Islam as Islamophobic, despite the evidence of human rights abuses.

Susan Carland invited left-wing feminist Clementine Ford to the launch of her new book

Susan Carland, pictured with her husband Waleed Aly, said sexism was everywhere

Susan Carland appeared at the TV Week Logie awards with her husband Waleed Aly