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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... concerned with intra-Muslim debates and discussions. It focused on the theoretical and the textual, with reference to but largely abstracted from the concrete material circumstances of Muslim lives. This edition still says relatively ...
... concerned with intra-Muslim debates and discussions. It focused on the theoretical and the textual, with reference to but largely abstracted from the concrete material circumstances of Muslim lives. This edition still says relatively ...
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... concerned do not occur in a vacuum but manifest in a variety of ways in different locations. Still, it seemed to me that there was justification for approaching them primarily as abstract, textually grounded problems. As a South African ...
... concerned do not occur in a vacuum but manifest in a variety of ways in different locations. Still, it seemed to me that there was justification for approaching them primarily as abstract, textually grounded problems. As a South African ...
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... concerned with the assumptions underlying religious thinking and decision making. Activists insist that #BlackLivesMatter in the face of repeated demonstrations that, to many in positions of power, they do not. This book asks: Whose ...
... concerned with the assumptions underlying religious thinking and decision making. Activists insist that #BlackLivesMatter in the face of repeated demonstrations that, to many in positions of power, they do not. This book asks: Whose ...
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... concerned with women and gender – in part, because it is in these realms that the construction of Muslim identity in ... concern with the West in all facets of Muslim intellectual life and production, but none more so than women and ...
... concerned with women and gender – in part, because it is in these realms that the construction of Muslim identity in ... concern with the West in all facets of Muslim intellectual life and production, but none more so than women and ...
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... concerned with women, the rhetoric on both sides tends to revolve around sex and sexuality. Western media present ... concern with women's bodies, “the veil,” and female seclusion. Muslim critique, unwittingly echoing certain Western ...
... concerned with women, the rhetoric on both sides tends to revolve around sex and sexuality. Western media present ... concern with women's bodies, “the veil,” and female seclusion. Muslim critique, unwittingly echoing certain Western ...
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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