| Description |
vi, 188 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Status of Women during Jahiliya -- 3. Concept of Sexual Equality -- 4. Other Aspects of Equality of Women -- 5. Marital Rights of Women in Islam -- 6. Women and Divorce in Islam -- 7. Islam and the Individual Dignity of Women -- 8. Muslim Personal Law - The Need for Reform -- Appendix: The Law of Marriage and Divorce amongst Muslims, Christians and Parsis |
| Summary |
The related issue of introduction of a common civil code, doing away with religiously discriminating laws, is considered |
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This book is a long-overdue reassessment of women's rights in Islam which have long been widely misunderstood and misinterpreted. The fundamentalists, unmindful of the social context in which Quranic verses on the subject were written, have tried to portray men as superior human beings to women. The author, a renowned scholar, has sought to set the record straight by reinterpreting the women's rights in the true Quranic spirit. He argues, quite convincingly, that the Holy Book gives equal rights to both the sexes and that it does not discriminate between them in respect of personal, democratic and human rights. An activist in women's struggle for equality, he has provided Muslim feminists with a powerful weapon in their fight for equality with men. He examines in depth the question whether in secular society Muslim Personal Law needs any change, and, if so, in which direction reforms should be undertaken |
| Notes |
2nd impression with additional preface, 1996 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Muslim women -- Social conditions.
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Women (Islamic law)
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Women in Islam.
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| LC no. |
92008148 |
| ISBN |
0312075847 |
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185065154X |
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