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Muslim history witnessed many women who mastered the science of -adīth and demonstrated their expertise in the science of al-jar- wa ’l-ta‘dīl (invalidation and validation of -adīth narrators).
In a challenge to the traditional view of women in classical Islam as unknown, hidden and passive members of society, research based upon all these sources increasingly demonstrates the crucial role played by gender and gendered attitudes and norms.
Abstract. Gender was a critical factor in the Islamic tradition, especially in its law. That law was shaped by the Qur'an, the practice of Muhammad and his companions as known through hadith, the status of women in Arabia at the rise of Islam, but even more by the customs and attitudes of people living in those regions outside Arabia conquered ...
In contrast to the growing body of historical scholarship on gender relations in the West, the question of women in Muslim societies has remained closely tied to a predominantly ahistorical consideration of the main tenets of Islamic religion and their implications for women.
7 paź 2022 · Islamic feminism has been developed in response to culturalist claims regarding gender inequity in the region. It aims to uncover the history of Muslim women's activism and highlight progressive interpretations of Islam that Islamic feminists consider empowering for Muslim women.
23 gru 2016 · Three recent books focused on law, gender, and Islam not only make important individual contributions to the field of law and religion, but together, in their attention to issues of gender, sex, violence, and law, signal an important development in both this field and the field of Islamic studies.
20 lis 2023 · They emphasize above all the diversity present in Muslim women’s lives, both in the premodern and modern periods, and pay close attention to the historical and political contexts that shaped their lives and framed the thinking and actions of key female figures throughout Islamic history.
