Sexual Ethics and Islam: Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith, and JurisprudenceSimon and Schuster, 2016 M01 7 - 320 pages Whether exploring the thorny issues of wives’ sexual duties, divorce, homosexuality, or sex outside marriage, discussions of sexual ethics and Islam often spark heated conflict rather than reasoned argument. In this updated and expanded edition of her ground-breaking work, feminist Muslim scholar Dr Kecia Ali asks how one can determine what makes sex lawful and ethical in the sight of God. Drawing on both revealed and interpretative Muslim texts, Ali critiques medieval and contemporary commentators alike to produce a balanced and comprehensive study of a subject both sensitive and urgent, making this an invaluable resource for students, scholars, and interested readers. |
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... example not directly related to the main topic of this book, racialized violence in my homeland has been lately brought into sharp relief. The general public is increasingly aware of police killings of unarmed African American women ...
... example not directly related to the main topic of this book, racialized violence in my homeland has been lately brought into sharp relief. The general public is increasingly aware of police killings of unarmed African American women ...
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... example, Chapter 5, on same-sex intimacy and gender identity, dodges crucial issues, including those raised by bisexuality. Scholarship, activism, and law have moved in the last decade, leaving the chapter dated, especially on ...
... example, Chapter 5, on same-sex intimacy and gender identity, dodges crucial issues, including those raised by bisexuality. Scholarship, activism, and law have moved in the last decade, leaving the chapter dated, especially on ...
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... examples primarily to highlight significant variations – as, for example, between ancient Near Eastern and biblical views on illicit sex and those of classical Muslim authors. In restricting myself largely to Islamic texts and, to a ...
... examples primarily to highlight significant variations – as, for example, between ancient Near Eastern and biblical views on illicit sex and those of classical Muslim authors. In restricting myself largely to Islamic texts and, to a ...
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... example, while the classical Muslim legal tradition uniformly accepted a father's right to marry off his minor daughters (and sons) without consulting them, modern statements, including a recent Saudi fatwa, gloss over this consensus in ...
... example, while the classical Muslim legal tradition uniformly accepted a father's right to marry off his minor daughters (and sons) without consulting them, modern statements, including a recent Saudi fatwa, gloss over this consensus in ...
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... example, and moderate his devotions so that he could partake of normal human activities: food, sleep, and sex. Interestingly, the terms used liken the wife in that case to almost an extension of her husband's body: “Your body has a ...
... example, and moderate his devotions so that he could partake of normal human activities: food, sleep, and sex. Interestingly, the terms used liken the wife in that case to almost an extension of her husband's body: “Your body has a ...
Contents
Divorce in Islamic Ethics | |
Slave Concubinage in Muslim Texts and Discourses | |
Illicit Sex in Islamic Jurisprudence | |
SameSex Intimacy in Muslim Thought | |
Female Circumcision in Islamic Sources | |
Female Bodies and Male Agency in the Quran | |
The Prophet Muhammad his Beloved Aishah and Modern Muslim Sensibilities | |
Afterword to the 2016 edition | |
Bibliography | |
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