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Women in Islam

Books on: islam and women

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The Heritage of Islam: Women, Religion, and Politics in West Africa

Book by Lucy Creevey, Barbara Callaway; Lynne Rienner, 1994

Subjects:

Islam--Social Aspects--Africa, West, Muslim Women--Nigeria, Muslim Women--Senegal, Women--Africa, West--Social Conditions, Women--Legal Status, Laws, Etc. (Islamic Law)--Africa, West

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...and Kennedy THE HERITAGE OF ISLAM WOMEN, RELIGION, AND POLITICS IN WEST...Callaway, Barbara. The heritage of Islam : women, religion, and politics in West...power and the changing status of women. Islam was firmly established in northern...
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Women and the Koran: The Status of Women in Islam

Book by Anwar Hekmat; Prometheus Books, 1997

Subjects:

Muslim Women, Women In Islam, Women In The Koran

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

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.
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Islam, Gender, and Social Change

Book by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, John L. Esposito; Oxford University Press, 1998

Subjects:

Muslim Women--Social Conditions, Sex Role--Religious Aspects--Islam, Women In Islam

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...0-19-511356-X; 0-19-511357-8 pbk. 1. Women in Islam. 2. Muslim women--Social conditions...Introduction: Women in Islam and Muslim Societies John L...Southeast Asia. Women in Islam--Women in Muslim Societies Few issues...
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The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam

Book by Fatima Mernissi, Mary Jo Lakeland; Perseus Books, 1991

Subjects:

Women In Islam, Women In The Hadith

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...pbk. 1. Women in the Hadith. 2.Women in Islam. 3. Muhammad, Prophet. d. 632...specialist in problems dealing with women in Islam. It was he who gave me the idea...Arafa, entitled The Rights of Women in Islam , maintains not only that a woman...
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Medicines of the Soul: Female Bodies and Sacred Geographies in a Transnational Islam

Book by Fedwa Malti-Douglas; University of California Press, 2001

Subjects:

Feminism--Religious Aspects--Islam, Sex Differentiation--Religious Aspects--Islam, Women In Islam

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

In "Medicines of the Soul, "the autobiographical writings of three leading women in today's Islamic revival movement reveal dramatic stories of religious transformation. As interpreted by Fedwa Malti-Douglas, the autobiographies provide a powerful, groundbreaking portrayal of gender, religion, and ...
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In "Medicines of the Soul, "the autobiographical writings of three leading women in today's Islamic revival movement reveal dramatic stories of religious transformation. As interpreted by Fedwa Malti-Douglas, the autobiographies provide a powerful, groundbreaking portrayal of gender, religion, and discourses of the body in Arabo-Islamic culture. At the center of each story is a lively female Islamic spirituality that questions secular hierarchies while reaffirming patriarchal ones.
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Journal Articles on: islam and women

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Women in Iran: From the Rise of Islam to 1800

Journal article by Ali Akbar Mahdi; The Historian, Vol. 67, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Women in Iran: From the Rise of Islam to 1800 (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Women in Iran: From the Rise of Islam to 1800. by Ali Akbar Mahdi Women in Iran: From the Rise of Islam to 1800. By Guity Nashat...two-volume study covering women in Iran from the rise of Islam to the Islamic Republic...
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Women in Islam and the Middle East: A Reader

Journal article by Ali Akbar Mahdi; The Historian, Vol. 63, 2001

Subjects:

Books--Reviews, Women in Islam and the Middle East: A Reader (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Women in Islam and the Middle East: A Reader by Ali Akbar Mahdi Women in Islam and the Middle East: A Reader. Edited...diverse perspectives on the status of women in Islam and the Middle East. The book includes...
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The Position of Women in Islam: A Progressive View

Journal article by Roxanne D. Marcotte; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 125, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The Position of Women in Islam: A Progressive View (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

The Position of Women in Islam: A Progressive View. by Roxanne D. Marcotte The Position of Women in Islam: A Progressive View. By MOHAMMAD...of the role, status, and rights of women in Islam. His "progressive" view owes much...
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Indonesian Women and Political Islam

Journal article by Susan Blackburn; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 39, 2008

Subjects:

Asia Foundation--Crimes against, Islamic fundamentalism--Laws, regulations and rules, Islamic militants--Crimes against, Islamic militants--Laws, regulations and rules, Nahdlatul Ulama--Crimes against, Sharia (Islamic religious practice)--Laws, regulations and rules, Wahid, Abdurrahman--Crimes against, Women--Crimes against, Women--Laws, regulations and rules

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...relations at any level. Within Islam, women are political if they participate...prejudices within Indonesian Islam against women being active in modern organisations...possible reasons why radical Islam accommodated women in prominent political roles...
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Helen Regis, Fulbe Voices: Marriage, Islam, and Medicine in Northern Cameroon

Journal article by Linda G. Seward; Women and Language, Vol. 26, 2003

Subjects:

Fulbe Voices: Marriage, Islam, and Medicine in Northern Cameroon (Book)

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...those desiring to team about Islam. While Fulbes are Muslim, the...porridge without crying out while women may demonstrate control by remaining...direct than those with most women, who often spoke metaphorically...cultures. Fulbe Voices: Marriage, Islam, and Medicine in Northern Cameroon...

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Magazine Articles on: islam and women

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Women, Democracy and Islam: A Nobel Laureate's Views on Human Rights

Magazine article by Nguyen Tang Le Huy Quoc-Benjamin; UN Chronicle, Vol. 41, December 2004

Subjects:

Democracy--Iran, Democracy--Speeches, lectures and essays, Ebadi, Shirin--Speeches, lectures and essays, Human rights activists--Speeches, lectures and essays, Human rights workers--Speeches, lectures and essays, Human rights--Speeches, lectures and essays, Islam--Iran, Islam--Speeches, lectures and essays

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Women, Democracy and Islam: A Nobel Laureates Views on Human...Issue 1, 2004). Her presentation on "Women, Democracy and Islam" in June 2004 at UN Headquarters...her country, or solely the role of women in Islamic countries and the world...
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Women in Islam

Magazine article by Jane I. Smith; The Christian Century, Vol. 119, January 30, 2002

Subjects:

Koran (Sacred text)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., United States--Foreign relations, Women, Muslim--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Women in Islam by Jane I. Smith WHEN...one inquirer asked about the role of women in Islam, citing the miserable treatment of...dressing as other American women do. Women who convert to Islam--a group primarily but not exclusively...
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Islam and the Liberation of Women in the Middle East: Separation of Mosque and State Is the Only Answer

Magazine article by Azam Kamguian; Free Inquiry, Vol. 23, October 2003

Subjects:

Religion--Analysis, Women--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

Islam and the liberation of women in the Middle East: separation...situation of Middle Eastern women can be understood without reference to Islam. Although no two Middle...and subordination of women. Rather than modernize Islam, it must be caged, just...
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The Rebirth of Islam in Russia

Magazine article by Chris Kutschera; The Middle East, June 2002

Subjects:

Church colleges--Social aspects, Communist Party (Russia)--Social aspects, Islam--Russia, Minority aged--Social aspects, Minority women--Social aspects, Muslims in non-Muslim countries--Social aspects, Muslims--Practice, Russia--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...people who rediscover Islam in this madrassa...village where young women cut and sew dresses...Once a week these women--mostly aged 60 and...Tatars who returned to Islam tell the same story...culture of Tatar women, is one of the rare...conflict between Islam and Communism...
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Forced Marriages Disgrace Islam

Magazine article by Ziauddin Sardar; New Statesman, Vol. 137, March 31, 2008

Subjects:

Arranged marriage--Religious aspects, Islam--Social aspects, Islam--United Kingdom, Murder--Religious aspects, Religion--Ethical aspects, Religious beliefs--Ethical aspects, Violence--Religious aspects, Women--Crimes against, Women--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Forced Marriages Disgrace Islam. by Ziauddin Sardar...official figures, up to 17,000 women in Britain are subjected to...and forbid such practices. In Islam, honour is connected with virtue...Asia, honour is associated with women: izzat, as honour is called...

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Newspaper Articles on: islam and women

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At 13, My Stepfather Imprisoned Me in My Own Home. Nothing Has Changed for Muslim Girls; on Friday a New Film, Love + Hate, Is Released Which Is Set to Spark More Debate about How Islam Continues to Repress Young Women Today. Here One Writer Recalls Her Own Damaging Experience

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 2, 2006

Subjects:

Islam--Analysis, Motion pictures--Analysis, Motion pictures--Personal narratives, Movies--Analysis, Movies--Personal narratives, Muslims--Analysis, Women in motion pictures--Analysis, Women in motion pictures--Personal narratives, Women--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...More Debate about How Islam Continues to Repress Young Women Today. Here One Writer...message I got was that Islam was about the word "no...has changed for Muslim women - the film tells the...forbidden it, because loose women painted their faces...
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Hope for Afghan Girls; with U.S. Help, Advancing Lives of Women

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 6, 2006

Subjects:

Islam, Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...with U.S. Help, Advancing Lives of Women. Byline: Helle Dale, THE WASHINGTON...have also gotten involved. ManyAfghan women have come a long way from their plight under the Taliban regime. Girls and women, who for all intents and purposes were...
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Liberating Women; Feminists Ignore Successes

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 5, 2008

Subjects:

Feminism, Islam, Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...article in the Carnegie Reporter on Islam and feminism stated, "Muslim women complain that many American feminists remain ignorant about Islam and unaware of groundbreaking...movements, "matronizing Muslim Women, and being fixated on the Islamic...
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Turkey's 'Vaizes' Expedite Reform; Female Preachers Listen to Women

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 2, 2006

Subjects:

Islam, Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Muslim tradition. Women acted informally...the early days of Islam, but they never...equality of men and women for 1,400 years...as "an enemy of Islam" who had "violated...role is to provide women with a womans perspective on Islam. "Turkish mosques...
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THE VEIL HAS SET US FREE; (1) Femail Magazine (2) They're Modern British Women Who've Chosen to Convert to Islam and Wear the Hijab. Oppressed? No, They Insist They Are Truly Liberated from the Insidious Sexual Pressures of the 21st Century

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 28, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Theyre Modern British Women Whove Chosen to Convert to Islam and Wear the Hijab. Oppressed...more and more Western women are converting to Islam, because I interviewed...believe more British women are turning to Islam. Every time I visit the...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: islam and women

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Islam

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...error." This leeway also allowed Islam to expand by incorporating social...obligations apply equally to men and women. The actual situation of women is more a function of particular social traditions predating Islam than of theoretical positions...
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Harem

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...amount of freedom. However, with the advent of Islam, the veiling and seclusion of women into harems became more common. The most famous...The sultans harem often contained several hundred women, all subject to the control of the sultans mother...
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Qatar

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Qatar has been settled since the Stone Age. After the rise of Islam in the 7th cent. a.d. it became part of the Arab caliphate...with the power to pass laws, subject to the emirs approval; women have the right to vote and hold office. The constitution was...
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Monasticism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...including Tibetan Buddhism ), Jainism , Islam , and Christianity. Practitioners of monasticism...the world. Roman Catholic communities of women are generally smaller and more numerous...There are also monastic orders of men and women in the Anglican Church. Bibliography...
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Iran

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...majority in the parliament in the 1963 and subsequent elections. Women received the right to vote in national elections in 1963...Islamic traditions. Western influence and music were banned, women were forced to return to traditional veiled dress, and Westernized...

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