Ulteriori informazioni
A challenge to the liberal and traditional teachings about women in Islam.
Sommario
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
Info autore
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.
Riassunto
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.
Prefazione
Kube Publishing Ltd.
