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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... terms. Where I had to choose between a literal-but-awkward rendering or a more idiomatic but less precise rendering, I have generally chosen the former. Unless otherwise noted, translations of works cited in Arabic are mine and works ...
... terms. Where I had to choose between a literal-but-awkward rendering or a more idiomatic but less precise rendering, I have generally chosen the former. Unless otherwise noted, translations of works cited in Arabic are mine and works ...
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... terms of class, geography, ethnicity, age, marital history, and education that generalizations about our “status” are meaningless. Even if one limits the application of the term to the realm of ideals rather than women's lived ...
... terms of class, geography, ethnicity, age, marital history, and education that generalizations about our “status” are meaningless. Even if one limits the application of the term to the realm of ideals rather than women's lived ...
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... terms or leave abusive spouses; repressive regimes may attempt to demonstrate their “Islamic” credentials by capitulating to demands for “Shari'a” in family matters or imposing putatively Islamic laws that punish women ...
... terms or leave abusive spouses; repressive regimes may attempt to demonstrate their “Islamic” credentials by capitulating to demands for “Shari'a” in family matters or imposing putatively Islamic laws that punish women ...
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... term) should bother with engaging the Islamic intellectual tradition at all. Doing so, it is true, bolsters the authority of “written Islam, textual, 'men's' Islam (an Islam essentially not of the Book but of the Texts, the medieval ...
... term) should bother with engaging the Islamic intellectual tradition at all. Doing so, it is true, bolsters the authority of “written Islam, textual, 'men's' Islam (an Islam essentially not of the Book but of the Texts, the medieval ...
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... term, is better rendered as morals or character, and adab, a less frequently used alternative, is more appropriately translated as comportment.22 Most of what falls under the rubric of ethics as understood in the modern West was the ...
... term, is better rendered as morals or character, and adab, a less frequently used alternative, is more appropriately translated as comportment.22 Most of what falls under the rubric of ethics as understood in the modern West was 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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