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Islam and Gender
Ziba Mir-Hosseini
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Description for Islam and Gender
Hardcover. Through a series of lively interviews with clerics in the Iranian religious quarter of Qom, Ziba Mir-Hosseini seeks to understand the varying notions of gender that inform Islamic jurisprudence. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HRH; JFSJ1; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
How can justice for women be achieved in an Islamic society? Through a series of lively interviews with clerics in the Iranian religious centre of Qom, Ziba Mir-Hosseini explores the issue of gender with Islamic jurisprudence and examines how clerics today perpetuate and modify these notions. Following the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and the introduction of religious Sharia'a law relating to gender and the family, women's rights in Iran suffered a major setback. However, as Iran's leaders have faced the social realities of women's lives and aspirations, positive changes have gradually come about especially in the context of the recent ... Read more
How can justice for women be achieved in an Islamic society? Through a series of lively interviews with clerics in the Iranian religious centre of Qom, Ziba Mir-Hosseini explores the issue of gender with Islamic jurisprudence and examines how clerics today perpetuate and modify these notions. Following the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and the introduction of religious Sharia'a law relating to gender and the family, women's rights in Iran suffered a major setback. However, as Iran's leaders have faced the social realities of women's lives and aspirations, positive changes have gradually come about especially in the context of the recent ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I.B.Tauris
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850432685
SKU
V9781850432685
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Ref
99-5
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