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Women and Islam investigates the debate on the subject and illustrates the wyas in which Islamic perceptions of women tend to undergo significant chane in communities. This book offers a new perspective on women`s lives in modern Muslim world to reveal that equal personal and democratic rights of men and women reflect the true spirit of the Qur`an. The status of women in pre-Islamic periodj in which the Arab adaat-gided customs are contrasted with the role of women in the Islamic period of identify how policies of marriage, divorce, inheritance, custody of children, property rights and polygamy were affected by the introduction of Islam. The importance of religious traditions and contemporary social realities are balanced in this progressive calll to revevaluate Muslim personla law and the Common Civil Code.
About Author :
Iqbal Qureshi has obtained his M.A. in Islamic Studies from jamia Millia Islamia. Presently he is pursuing Ph.d. from renowned Indian University. He has 15 years of teaching experience in Islamic Studies, Human Rights and Women`s Rights. He is currently working as Senior Lecture in the Department of Islamic Studies in Hyderabad. He has more than 50 publications to his credit in National and International journals, he has been the President of various societies and associations. He has presented and publishedhis papers in various magazines, newspapers and journals.
Contents :
Preface Rights and Roles of Woman in Islam Fundamentalism and Women`s Rights Quranic View of Woman Muslim Societies and Women Woman`s Seclusion in Islam Muslim Family Law Muslim Law and Women Legal Methodology for Reform in Islam Primitive Marriage Laws Punsihments for Sexual Misconduct in Islam Islamic Higher Learning in Muslim Women International Organizations, Foreign Policy and Islam Bibliography Index
ISBN-9788189005122,818900512X
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Pages : 240
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