Complex sentence: According to the Sunni scholar Ibn Asakir in the 12th century, there were opportunities for female education in the medieval Islamic world, writing that women should study, earn "ijazahs" (academic degrees), and qualify as scholars and teachers.
Split into simpler sentences: According to the Sunni scholar Ibn Asakir in the 12th century, there were opportunities for female education in the medieval Islamic world. Asakir wrote that women should study, earn "ijazahs" (academic degrees), and qualify as scholars and teachers.