Women in the Qurāan: An Emancipatory Reading
Asma Lamrabet, Myriam Francois-Cerrah (tr.)
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9780993516610
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Today, the issue of Muslim women is held hostage between two perceptions: an ultra-conservative Islamic approach and a liberal Western approach. At the heart of this debate Muslim women are finding their voices and calling for the rejuvenation of the Islamic spirit of equality and liberation that is at the heart of the Qurāan.
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However, with few female commentators on the meaning of the Qurāan and an over-reliance on the readings of the Qurāan compiled centuries ago in different circumstances to today, this message is often lost.
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By acknowledging the systemic injustice frequently experienced by Muslim women in todayās societies in the name of religion; and also rejecting a perspective that seeks to promote Western values as the only means of liberating them, the author is able to define a third way. One in which their refusal to remain silent in the face of injustice is an act of devotion and their demand for reform, within the guidelines laid out by God, will lead to liberation.
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Asma Lamrabet, Myriam Francois-Cerrah (tr.)
Paperback
9780993516610
Ā
Today, the issue of Muslim women is held hostage between two perceptions: an ultra-conservative Islamic approach and a liberal Western approach. At the heart of this debate Muslim women are finding their voices and calling for the rejuvenation of the Islamic spirit of equality and liberation that is at the heart of the Qurāan.
Ā
However, with few female commentators on the meaning of the Qurāan and an over-reliance on the readings of the Qurāan compiled centuries ago in different circumstances to today, this message is often lost.
Ā
By acknowledging the systemic injustice frequently experienced by Muslim women in todayās societies in the name of religion; and also rejecting a perspective that seeks to promote Western values as the only means of liberating them, the author is able to define a third way. One in which their refusal to remain silent in the face of injustice is an act of devotion and their demand for reform, within the guidelines laid out by God, will lead to liberation.
