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Author: Asgharali Engineer Publisher: Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd ISBN: 9781932705423 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 256
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Reinterprets divine injunctions from the Quran and traditional practices in Islam in light of the fundamental Islamic values of justice and equality on women's status. This work presents sociopolitical values and medieval social ethos as the origins of repressive practices, discussing controversial issues such as polygamy, and family planning.
Author: Asgharali Engineer Publisher: Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd ISBN: 9781932705423 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 256
Book Description
Reinterprets divine injunctions from the Quran and traditional practices in Islam in light of the fundamental Islamic values of justice and equality on women's status. This work presents sociopolitical values and medieval social ethos as the origins of repressive practices, discussing controversial issues such as polygamy, and family planning.
Author: Leila Ahmed Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 0300258178 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 313
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A classic, pioneering account of the lives of women in Islamic history, republished for a new generation This pioneering study of the social and political lives of Muslim women has shaped a whole generation of scholarship. In it, Leila Ahmed explores the historical roots of contemporary debates, ambitiously surveying Islamic discourse on women from Arabia during the period in which Islam was founded to Iraq during the classical age to Egypt during the modern era. The book is now reissued as a Veritas paperback, with a new foreword by Kecia Ali situating the text in its scholarly context and explaining its enduring influence. “Ahmed’s book is a serious and independent-minded analysis of its subject, the best-informed, most sympathetic and reliable one that exists today.”—Edward W. Said “Destined to become a classic. . . . It gives [Muslim women] back our rightful place, at the center of our histories.”—Rana Kabbani, The Guardian
Author: Amina Wadud Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0198029438 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 145
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Fourteen centuries of Islamic thought have produced a legacy of interpretive readings of the Qu'ran written almost entirely by men. Now, with Qu'ran and Woman, Amina Wadud provides a first interpretive reading by a woman, a reading which validates the female voice in the Qu'ran and brings it out of the shadows. Muslim progressives have long argued that it is not the religion but patriarchal interpretation and implementation of the Qu'ran that have kept women oppressed. For many, the way to reform is the reexamination and reinterpretation of religious texts. Qu'ran and Woman contributes a gender inclusive reading to one of the most fundamental disciplines in Islamic thought, Qu'ranic exegesis. Wadud breaks down specific texts and key words which have been used to limit women's public and private role, even to justify violence toward Muslim women, revealing that their original meaning and context defy such interpretations. What her analysis clarifies is the lack of gender bias, precedence, or prejudice in the essential language of the Qur'an. Despite much Qu'ranic evidence about the significance of women, gender reform in Muslim society has been stubbornly resisted. Wadud's reading of the Qu'ran confirms women's equality and constitutes legitimate grounds for contesting the unequal treatment that women have experienced historically and continue to experience legally in Muslim communities. The Qu'ran does not prescribe one timeless and unchanging social structure for men and women, Wadud argues lucidly, affirming that the Qu'ran holds greater possibilities for guiding human society to a more fulfilling and productive mutual collaboration between men and women than as yet attained by Muslims or non-Muslims.
Author: Afzalur Rahman Publisher: Seerah Foundation ISBN: 0907052274 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 1223
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In this book, an attempt is made to describe the possible role of Muslim woman in a modern society in the light of the Qur'an and of the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad. In this respect, special consideration will be given to the effect of natural factors on the respective spheres of operation of the sexes; woman's position and status in society, whether equal or unequal; and whether the respective roles of the sexes have any influence in determining their status and role in society.
Author: Ahmed E. Souaiaia Publisher: State University of New York Press ISBN: 0791478572 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 214
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Argues that the rights of women in Muslim society are based on the preserved cultural standards of elites, not the ethical philosophy of the Quran.
Author: Md. Irshad Khan Publisher: Koros Press ISBN: 9781781631027 Category : Women Languages : en Pages : 1344
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There is enough in the Quran favouring rights of women but these Quranic pronouncements have so far been ignored or interpreted in the ways loaded against women. It is, therefore, necessary to critically examine the Shariah pronouncements in respect of women in the light of the Quran as understood by modern Muslim women in a democratic setup. It is heartening to learn that some Muslim women are making serious attempts in this direction. This topic is discussed here.
Author: Asghar Ali Engineer Publisher: New Dawn Press(IL) ISBN: 9781932705805 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Elaborate and thorough, this overview studies countless aspects regarding women's relationship to Islam--from their status in the pre-Islamic period and various traditions surrounding marriage to forms of divorce during that period, dower, and customs regarding slave-girls. It goes on to deal with the post-Islamic era, the Qur'anic concept of women's rights in inheritance, the custody of children, polygamy, and rights to property. With extensive quotes from the Qur'an and Sunnah, this study attempts to arm Muslim women with Islamic arguments for their empowerment, exploring clear Qur'anic injunctions on gender equality and the man-made shari'ah formulations that reduced women to a status of inferiority.
Author: Barbara Freyer Stowasser Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199761833 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 217
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Islamic ideas about women and their role in society spark considerable debate both in the Western world and in the Islamic world itself. Despite the popular attention surrounding Middle Eastern attitudes toward women, there has been little systematic study of the statements regarding women in the Qur'an. Stowasser fills the void with this study on the women of Islamic sacred history. By telling their stories in Qur'an and interpretation, she introduces Islamic doctrine and its past and present socio-economic and political applications. Stowasser establishes the link between the female figure as cultural symbol, and Islamic self-perceptions from the beginning to the present time.
Author: Harvard University. Center for the Study of World Religions Publisher: Lewisburg [Pa.] : Bucknell University Press ISBN: Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 274
Author: Asgharali Engineer
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Author: Leila Ahmed
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Author: Amina Wadud
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Author: Ahmed E. Souaiaia
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Author: Asghar Ali Engineer
Author: Barbara Freyer Stowasser
Author: Harvard University. Center for the Study of World Religions