Believing Women in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an

ISBN-13: 9780863564628 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 316 str.

Asma Barlas

Opis

Does Islam call for the oppression of women? The subjugation of women in many Muslim countries is often used as evidence of this, while many Muslims read the Qur'an in ways that seem to justify sexual oppression and inequality. In this paradigm-shifting book, Asma Barlas argues that, far from supporting male privilege, the Qur'an actually affirms the complete equality of the sexes. Offering a historical analysis of religious authority and knowledge, Barlas shows how Muslims for centuries have read patriarchy into the Qur'an to justify existing religious and social structures. In this groundbreaking volume, she takes readers into the heart of Islamic teachings on women, gender and patriarchy, allowing for an understanding of Islam through its most sacred scripture. Readers of this seminal text will learn to question patriarchal dogma and see that an egalitarian reading of the Qur'an is not only possible but, for myriad reasons, more plausible.