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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... important respect: I wish to thank my family first, rather than last. My husband, Mohamad Ali, has been extraordinarily supportive over the years I have worked on this project. Our children, Shaira, Saadia, and Tariq, continue to ...
... important respect: I wish to thank my family first, rather than last. My husband, Mohamad Ali, has been extraordinarily supportive over the years I have worked on this project. Our children, Shaira, Saadia, and Tariq, continue to ...
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... important. In Iraq, IS soldiers broadcast their capture, enslavement, and sale of Yazidi girls and women, claiming religious legitimacy for their acts, even as they replicate the earlier secular Ba'athist regime's practice of ...
... important. In Iraq, IS soldiers broadcast their capture, enslavement, and sale of Yazidi girls and women, claiming religious legitimacy for their acts, even as they replicate the earlier secular Ba'athist regime's practice of ...
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... importance of questioning women's status in Islam – a phrase that can be read at least three ways. First, despite its reductionist language, the notion of “women's status in Islam” can serve as shorthand conveying the point that a ...
... importance of questioning women's status in Islam – a phrase that can be read at least three ways. First, despite its reductionist language, the notion of “women's status in Islam” can serve as shorthand conveying the point that a ...
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... importance.15 Real women's (and men's) lives do not neatly follow the patterns set out in legal manuals, and have never ... important in providing a framework for renewed and invigorated Muslim ethical thought. The scholarly tradition is ...
... importance.15 Real women's (and men's) lives do not neatly follow the patterns set out in legal manuals, and have never ... important in providing a framework for renewed and invigorated Muslim ethical thought. The scholarly tradition is ...
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... important factor in “the rupturing of traditional Islamic authority.” They suggest that “as the salafi idea of returning directly to the founding texts gradually displaced the assumption of the ulamatic traditions of learning as the ...
... important factor in “the rupturing of traditional Islamic authority.” They suggest that “as the salafi idea of returning directly to the founding texts gradually displaced the assumption of the ulamatic traditions of learning as the ...
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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