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'It is the most detailed, carefully written book on this subject.' - Ursula King, University of Bristol
'Its major strength is to take women's issues seriously but in a way that takes traditional authority within Islam equally seriously and enables a fruitful debate between Muslim men, Muslim women, traditional Islamic learning and western academic discourse.' - Martin Forward, Academic Dean, Wesley House, Cambridge
'Its major strength is to take women's issues seriously but in a way that takes traditional authority within Islam equally seriously and enables a fruitful debate between Muslim men, Muslim women, traditional Islamic learning and western academic discourse.' - Martin Forward, Academic Dean, Wesley House, Cambridge
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Investigates the ongoing debate, in both the Muslim world and the West, on the position of women in Islam. Illustrates how Islamic perceptions of women and gender relations change in Western Muslim communities.
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I begin this study with a discussion of how Islam and Muslims are perceived in a western context and how Muslims' search for identity in a new cultural context tends to create misconceptions between various groups in society. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
I begin this study with a discussion of how Islam and Muslims are perceived in a western context and how Muslims' search for identity in a new cultural context tends to create misconceptions between various groups in society. Read the first page
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