Women in Islam
By: Margaret Speaker Yuan, book editor.
Contributors: Speaker-Yuan, Margaret.
Series: At issue; At issue (San Diego, Calif.)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press/Thomson-Gale
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Women in Islam; Muslim women -- Social conditions; Muslim women -- Islamic countries -- Social conditions
Description: This book presents viewpoints that address many of the concerns for women in Islam, from dress to property rights to personal rights.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-124) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The Koran teaches that women have the same rights as men / Amina Wadud; title: 2. The Koran teaches that women do not have the same rights as men / Azam Kamguian; title: 3. The Koran teaches that women cannot be leaders / Moulana Muhammad Karolia; title: 4. Islamic tradition proves that women have the right to be leaders / Moodhy Al-Khalaf; title: 5. Islamic women in South Asia must fight for economic independence / Benazir Bhutto; title: 6. Islamic women must obey restrictions on work / Yusuf Al Qaradawy; title: 7. The traditional Islamic view of sexuality benefits women / Madeleine Bunting; title: 8. Islamic restrictions on Turkish women's sexual behavior violate their rights / Pinar Ilkkaracan; title: 9. Polygamy benefits Islamic women / Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips; title: 10. Islamic teachings uphold monogamy as the ideal state of marriage / Zainah Anwar; title: 11. Iranian women are being sold into prostitution / Donna M. Hughes; title: 12. Women are blamed for being raped in Islamic countries / Robert Spencer; title: 13. Iraq's clerics are imposing strict dress codes on women / Ilene R. Prusher; title: 14. Muslim dress does not oppress Islamic women / Laila Al-Marayati, Semeen Issa; title: 15. The debate over the head-scarf ban in Turkey is still heated / Serpil Karacan Sellars; title: 16. American Muslim women need to develop an egalitarian Islam / Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons.