Islamic Women : The Modernists\' Approach

Contents: Preface. 1. Status of Muslim women. 2. Historical perspectives of women in the ancient civilization. 3. Issues of concern for Muslim women. 4. The verdict of faith. 5. The verdict of jurisprudence. 6. Women in Muslim society. 7. Resurgence of women. 8. Muslim women: challenges and opportunities. 9. Historical development of Islamic law. 10. Perceptions of women. 11. Interpreting in Qur\'anic Qawwam. 12. Islamic feminism and gender equality.13. Politics of Islamic feminism. 14. Muslim women\'s rights discourse in the pre-independence period. Bibliography. Index.

"The Muslim women are largely deprived and backward, they continue to be uneducated, resource - less and victimized in spite of equal treatment rendered them by the Quran and the prophetic traditions. Over the years, several scholars have produced a number of useful works. The aim of this compilation is to provide the readers, the modernists\' views and the feminists\' reflections made on the subject and to place them systematically in their true perspectives. This would enable the readers to be fully aware of the modernists approach on the basic issues concerning Islamic women reflected in the writings of present day Muslim world." (jacket)