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Asma Barlas "Believing women" in Islam
unreading patriarchal interpretations of the Qurʾān
Beginning with a historical analysis of religious anthority and knowledge, Barlas shows how Muslims came to read inequality and patriarchy into the Qur'an to justify existing religious and social structures and demonstrates that the patriarchal meanings ascribed tot the Qur'an are a function of who has read it, how, and in what specific contexts.
Engels | 254 pagina's | University of Texas Press, Austin, TX | 2002
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Amina Wadud Inside the gender Jihad
women's reform in Islam
In this study, Dr Amina Wadud, an Afro-American Muslim herself, introduces the feminist movement in Islam and delves into its challenges, its textual foundations in the Qur'an and its achievements. Beginning with her own place in the effort for greater justice for women in Islam, Wadud goes on tackle a number of pertinent issues, including the state of Muslim women's studies as a discipline in mainstream academia and the role of Muslim women in the domestic space.
Non-fictie
Engels | 286 pagina's | Oneworld, Oxford | 2006
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