Journeys Toward Gender Equality in Islam
Author | : Ziba Mir-Hosseini |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 398 |
Release | : 2022-04-07 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0861543289 |
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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? 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.