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Written lucidly, presented beautifully, and based on authentic Islamic sources, Kidwai’s Women in Islam is a valuable and welcome addition to the literature on depicting women in Islam in their real perspective and right context.
In Women and Gender in Islam, Leila Ahmed argues: “I contend, first, that the practices sanctioned by Muhammad within the first Muslim society were enunciated in the context of far more positive attitudes towards women
This paper is intended to provide a brief and accurate explanation of the Islamic stance, drawing upon the authentic sources of the Qur’an (God’s final revelation) and Hadeeth (sayings, actions and approvals of Prophet Muhammad, (P). The paper begins with a look at the position of women in pre-Islamic societies.
volume is not the whole story on women in Islam, I hope that it gives a cred ible introduction to the many dimensions of the role of the female in Islamic faith, law, and imagination.
This study aims to broaden the understanding on the Islamic concept of gender equality and its advantages as better alternative to the feminist concept of gender equality.
Women's Rights in Islam: in general, as children and daughters, as sisters, as wives, as mothers. Care for Women in General, and the Equality of Men and Women in Islam, and their complementary nature to one another. Women as Children and Daughters. Women as Wives.
the last two decades, Western observers of the plight of Muslim women have portrayed Islam as uniquely patriarchal and incompatible with women’s equality. Most scholars now see Islam as no more inherently misogynist than the other major monotheistic traditions.
