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Women in Islam [electronic resource] : the Western experience / Anne Sofie Roald.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.Description: xvii, 339 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0203164458 (electronic bk.)
  • 9780203164457 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 305.48/697104   22
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Contents:
1. Research on Muslims -- 2. Arab Muslims in Europe -- 3 . Defining the area of research -- 4. Theoretical reflections on change and changing processes -- 5. Reflections on sharia -- 6. Perceptions of women -- 7. Gender relations -- 8. Women's political participation in Islam -- 9. Polygyny -- 10. Divorce and child custody -- 11. Female circumcision - - ch. 12. Islamic female dress -- 13. Conclusion.
Summary: The position of women in Islam is the subject of ongoing debates in both the Muslim world and the West. Women in Islam investigates this de bate and illustrates the ways in which Islamic perceptions of women and gender relations tend to undergo significant change in Western Muslim communities. Roald shows how this cultural encounter gives rise to fres h interpretations of Islamic texts, promoting new Islamic understanding s in relation to issues of gender.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-332) and index.

1. Research on Muslims -- 2. Arab Muslims in Europe -- 3 . Defining the area of research -- 4. Theoretical reflections on change and changing processes -- 5. Reflections on sharia -- 6. Perceptions of women -- 7. Gender relations -- 8. Women's political participation in Islam -- 9. Polygyny -- 10. Divorce and child custody -- 11. Female circumcision - - ch. 12. Islamic female dress -- 13. Conclusion.

The position of women in Islam is the subject of ongoing debates in both the Muslim world and the West. Women in Islam investigates this de bate and illustrates the ways in which Islamic perceptions of women and gender relations tend to undergo significant change in Western Muslim communities. Roald shows how this cultural encounter gives rise to fres h interpretations of Islamic texts, promoting new Islamic understanding s in relation to issues of gender.

Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2004. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrar y affiliated libraries. This edition published in the Taylor & Franc is e-Library, 2004.

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