Journeys Toward Gender Equality in Islam

If justice is an intrinsic value in Islam, why have women been treated as second-class citizens in Islamic legal tradition?

Info autore

Ziba Mir-Hosseini is Professorial Research Associate at the Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Law, SOAS, University of London. A legal anthropologist, specialising in Islamic law, gender and development, she is a founding member of Musawah Global Movement for Equality and Justice in the Muslim Family. Her previous publications include Islam and Gender: The Religious Debate in Contemporary Islam and Men in Charge? Rethinking Authority in Muslim Legal Tradition.

Riassunto

If justice is an intrinsic value in Islam, why have women been treated as second-class citizens in Islamic legal tradition?

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Mir-Hosseini Ziba
• Editore: Oneworld
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9780861543274
• ISBN: 978-0-86154-327-4
• Pagine: 272
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto internazionale, diritto degli stranieri; RELIGION / Islam / Rituals & Practice, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, LAW / Gender & the Law, Islamic Law, Gender & the law, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships, Islamic Life & Practice, Systems of law: Islamic law, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships, LAW / Islamic, Islamic life and practice, Law and society, gender issues, Islamic & Arabic philosophy, Islamic and Arab philosophy