Journeys Toward Gender Equality in Islam by Ziba Mir-Hosseini

Journeys Toward Gender Equality in Islam
Ziba Mir-Hosseini
Page: 272
Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
ISBN: 9780861543274
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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If justice is an intrinsic value in Islam, why have women been treated as second-class citizens in Islamic legal tradition?

If justice is an intrinsic value in Islam, why have women been treated as second-class citizens in Islamic legal tradition?

Today, the idea of gender equality, inherent to contemporary conceptions of justice, presents a challenge to established, patriarchal interpretations of Shari‘a. In thought-provoking discussions with six influential Muslim intellectuals – Abdullahi An-Na’im, Amina Wadud, Asma Lamrabet, Khaled Abou El Fadl, Mohsen Kadivar and Sedigheh Vasmaghi – Ziba Mir-Hosseini explores how egalitarian gender laws might be constructed from within the Islamic legal framework.

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