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Author : Gunawan Adnan
Release : 2004
Genre : Feminist theory
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Book Rating : 504/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Women and the Glorious Qurʾān by : Gunawan Adnan
Download or read book Women and the Glorious Qurʾān written by Gunawan Adnan. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Amina Wadud
Release : 1999-06-10
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 438/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Qur'an and Woman by : Amina Wadud
Download or read book Qur'an and Woman written by Amina Wadud. This book was released on 1999-06-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen centuries of Islamic thought have produced a legacy of interpretive readings of the Qu'ran written almost entirely by men. Now, with Qu'ran and Woman, Amina Wadud provides a first interpretive reading by a woman, a reading which validates the female voice in the Qu'ran and brings it out of the shadows. Muslim progressives have long argued that it is not the religion but patriarchal interpretation and implementation of the Qu'ran that have kept women oppressed. For many, the way to reform is the reexamination and reinterpretation of religious texts. Qu'ran and Woman contributes a gender inclusive reading to one of the most fundamental disciplines in Islamic thought, Qu'ranic exegesis. Wadud breaks down specific texts and key words which have been used to limit women's public and private role, even to justify violence toward Muslim women, revealing that their original meaning and context defy such interpretations. What her analysis clarifies is the lack of gender bias, precedence, or prejudice in the essential language of the Qur'an. Despite much Qu'ranic evidence about the significance of women, gender reform in Muslim society has been stubbornly resisted. Wadud's reading of the Qu'ran confirms women's equality and constitutes legitimate grounds for contesting the unequal treatment that women have experienced historically and continue to experience legally in Muslim communities. The Qu'ran does not prescribe one timeless and unchanging social structure for men and women, Wadud argues lucidly, affirming that the Qu'ran holds greater possibilities for guiding human society to a more fulfilling and productive mutual collaboration between men and women than as yet attained by Muslims or non-Muslims.
Author : Asgharali Engineer
Release : 2005
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 423/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Qurʼan, Women, and Modern Society by : Asgharali Engineer
Download or read book The Qurʼan, Women, and Modern Society written by Asgharali Engineer. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reinterprets divine injunctions from the Quran and traditional practices in Islam in light of the fundamental Islamic values of justice and equality on women's status. This work presents sociopolitical values and medieval social ethos as the origins of repressive practices, discussing controversial issues such as polygamy, and family planning.
Author : Garry Wills
Release : 2018-12-04
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 040/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis What the Qur'an Meant by : Garry Wills
Download or read book What the Qur'an Meant written by Garry Wills. This book was released on 2018-12-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America’s leading religious scholar and public intellectual introduces lay readers to the Qur’an with a measured, powerful reading of the ancient text Garry Wills has spent a lifetime thinking and writing about Christianity. In What the Qur’an Meant, Wills invites readers to join him as he embarks on a timely and necessary reconsideration of the Qur’an, leading us through perplexing passages with insight and erudition. What does the Qur’an actually say about veiling women? Does it justify religious war? There was a time when ordinary Americans did not have to know much about Islam. That is no longer the case. We blundered into the longest war in our history without knowing basic facts about the Islamic civilization with which we were dealing. We are constantly fed false information about Islam—claims that it is essentially a religion of violence, that its sacred book is a handbook for terrorists. There is no way to assess these claims unless we have at least some knowledge of the Qur’an. In this book Wills, as a non-Muslim with an open mind, reads the Qur’an with sympathy but with rigor, trying to discover why other non-Muslims—such as Pope Francis—find it an inspiring book, worthy to guide people down through the centuries. There are many traditions that add to and distort and blunt the actual words of the text. What Wills does resembles the work of art restorers who clean away accumulated layers of dust to find the original meaning. He compares the Qur’an with other sacred books, the Old Testament and the New Testament, to show many parallels between them. There are also parallel difficulties of interpretation, which call for patient exploration—and which offer some thrills of discovery. What the Qur’an Meant is the opening of a conversation on one of the world’s most practiced religions.
Author : Syed Mohammed Ali Khatib
Release : 2017-07-24
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Book Rating : 493/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Status of Women by : Syed Mohammed Ali Khatib
Download or read book Status of Women written by Syed Mohammed Ali Khatib. This book was released on 2017-07-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written to display the Glorious status, Rights and Importance of Women in Islam. Most of the work included in this book is accompanied by authentic references. It compares the status of women before and after the Arrival of Prophet MUHAMMAD (Peace be upon HIM). This book emphasises the Rights of women through the verses of Holy Quran and the Hadiths of Prophet MUHAMMAD (Peace be upon HIM). It's a short but important book where the reader will quickly grasp the points that have been mentioned in this book and will soon understand the status of women and hopefully will begin to respect women more than before.Now-a-days people think that, Islam suppresses the status of women. They think women have an inferior level. But this book will clear all the misconceptions the modern world has about Women in Islam. I hope that after reading this book the reader will have a clear idea about the glorious status, rights and importance of women in Islam.
