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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... social circumstances of most Muslim women, particularly in the global south or what some call the two-thirds world. It says very little about ongoing efforts to reform “family law” in the numerous nations where putatively Islamic laws ...
... social circumstances of most Muslim women, particularly in the global south or what some call the two-thirds world. It says very little about ongoing efforts to reform “family law” in the numerous nations where putatively Islamic laws ...
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... social location is relevant. I am a white, cisgender American woman not currently living with a disability.7 I write from within “the 'charmed circle' of a monogamous and reproductive heterosexuality.”8 Though I draw on scholarship by ...
... social location is relevant. I am a white, cisgender American woman not currently living with a disability.7 I write from within “the 'charmed circle' of a monogamous and reproductive heterosexuality.”8 Though I draw on scholarship by ...
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... social changes to achieve wide acceptance among Muslims they must be convincingly presented as compatible with Islam. This focus on Islamic authenticity is particularly intense on matters relating to women, gender, and the family, where ...
... social changes to achieve wide acceptance among Muslims they must be convincingly presented as compatible with Islam. This focus on Islamic authenticity is particularly intense on matters relating to women, gender, and the family, where ...
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... social life. Although these works are ostensibly concerned with women, the rhetoric on both sides tends to revolve around sex and sexuality. Western media present the Muslim woman as a figure whose oppression is inextricably linked to ...
... social life. Although these works are ostensibly concerned with women, the rhetoric on both sides tends to revolve around sex and sexuality. Western media present the Muslim woman as a figure whose oppression is inextricably linked to ...
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... social circumstances on both the formulation and the implementation of the law has always been of central importance.15 Real women's (and men's) lives do not neatly follow the patterns set out in legal manuals, and have never done so.16 ...
... social circumstances on both the formulation and the implementation of the law has always been of central importance.15 Real women's (and men's) lives do not neatly follow the patterns set out in legal manuals, and have never done so.16 ...
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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