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Women and the Koran: The Status of Women in Islam
By Anwar Hekmat
292 pages
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- Prometheus Books
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- Amherst, NY
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- 1997
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Synopsis
Hekmat explains how Arab society evolved from a polytheistic, pre-Islamic culture featuring female equality to one in which men dominate & women are little more than chattel, some forced into marriage at nine years old! Written by a distinguished former Muslim scholar.Related books and articles at Questia
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Table of contents
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- Women and the Koran *
- Women and the Koran - The Status of Women in Islam *
- Contents 7
- Introduction 9
- 1 - Muhammad and Hís Many Wives 33
- 2 - Primitive Marriage Law5 93
- 3 - Polygamy, Concubinage, and Slavery 127
- 4 - Adultery and Punishments for Sexual Misconduct 155
- 5 - The Veil and Woman's Seclusion 181
- 6 - Wife Beating— Allah'5 Ordinance 215
- 7 - Repudiation of a Wife: Mall Absolute Power 227
- Conclusion 251
- Notes 255
- Index 275