The rights of women in Islam : an authentic approach / Haifaa A. Jawad.

This text explores the cultural and political oppression that Muslim women have been subjected to, and highlights the contrast with what Islam - through the Qur'an and the Sunna - prescribes.

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Main Author: Jawad, H. A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.
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Table of Contents:
  • The legal status of women in Islam
  • Islam and women's education
  • Women and marriage in Islam
  • Women and the question of polygamy in Islam
  • Female circumcision: religious obligation or cultural deviation?
  • Islam and women's inheritance
  • The dissolution of marriage in Islam
  • Women and political action.