
- Publisher:
- ONEWORLD
- Year of publication:
- 2022
- ISBN:
- 978-0-86154-327-4
- Pages:
- 272
JOURNEYS TOWARD GENDER EQUALITY IN ISLAM
ZIBA MIR-HOSSEINI
If justice is an intrinsic value in Islam, why have women been treated as second-class citizens in Islamic legal tradition?If justice is an intrinsic value in Islam, why have women been treated as second-class citizens in Islamic legal tradition? Today, the idea of gender equality, inherent to contemporary conceptions of justice, presents a challenge to established, patriarchal interpretations of Sharia. In thought-provoking discussions with six influential Muslim intellectuals Abdullahi An-Naim, Amina Wadud, Asma Lamrabet, Khaled Abou El Fadl, Mohsen Kadivar and Sedigheh Vasmaghi Ziba Mir-Hosseini explores how egalitarian gender laws might be constructed from within the Islamic legal framework.