Women in the Qur'an - An Emancipatory Reading

A challenge to the liberal and traditional teachings about women in Islam.

List of contents

Table of contents
1. Introducing the author

Foreword

A meeting with very different Muslim women...

Thanks

2. Introduction

Of which liberation do we speak?

In the beginning...

First part: when the Quran speaks about women

A story of all women

Bilq?s, Queen of Sheeba, a democratic queen

Sarah and Hagar, monotheistic emblems

Zulaykha or forbidden love

Umm M?s? and Assia, free women

The daughter of Shu'ayb and the meeting with M?s?

Maryam the favourite

Maryam, the link between Christians and Muslims

The birth of Maryam

Maryam's spiritual retreat

Revelation and annunciation

The birth of '?s? and all the struggles

Maryam and her son, a 'sign' for the worlds

3. Second part - When the Quran speaks to women

The language of the Quran, a masculine language?

When the Quran responds to female demands

The mub?hala or when the Quran encourages women to social participation

The muhajirat or the female political refugees

The mub?yi'?t or women's political engagement

Al-Muj?dala, when God listens to women's concerns

And the other verses?

Polygamy

Testimony

Inheritance

Hit them...?

4. Conclusion

Islam or the story of an aborted women's revolution

6. Bibliography

About the author

Asma Lamrabet: Asma Lamrabet is currently working as a pathologist in Avicenna Hospital, Rabat, Morocco. She is also an award-winning author of many articles and books tackling Islam and women’s issues.
Myriam Francois-Cerrah: Myriam Francois-Cerrah is a writer and broadcaster with a focus on current affairs, France and the Middle East. Her articles have been published in the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, the New Statesman, Salon, The Independent, The New Internationalist, the Huffington Post and elsewhere.

Summary

A challenge to the liberal and traditional teachings about women in Islam that also calls for the equality and liberation of Muslim women as set out in the Qur'an. ENGLISH PEN supported.

Foreword

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Product details

• Authors: Asma Lamrabet, Lamrabet Asma
• Assisted by: Myriam Francois Cerrah (Translation), Myriam Francois-Cerrah (Translation)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.06.2016
• EAN: 9781847740823
• ISBN: 978-1-84774-082-3
• No. of pages: 212
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 196 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 269 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Gender Studies: Frauen und Mädchen, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Islam: Heilige Texte, RELIGION / Islam / General, Religion - World Religions, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, RELIGION / Islam / Koran & Sacred Writings, Gender studies: women and girls, Islamic life and practice