Journeys Toward Gender Equality in Islam

Author: Mir-Hosseini, Ziba

Humanities

Published on 7 April 2022 by Oneworld Publications in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 272 pages
152 x 235 x 25 | 336g

If justice is an intrinsic value in Islam, why have women been treated as second-class citizens in Islamic legal tradition?Today, the idea of gender equality, inherent to contemporary conceptions of justice, presents a challenge to established, patriarchal interpretations of Shari'a. In thought-provoking discussions with six influential Muslim intellectuals - Abdullahi An-Na'im, Amina Wadud, Asma Lamrabet, Khaled Abou El Fadl, Mohsen Kadivar and Sedigheh Vasmaghi - Ziba Mir-Hosseini explores how egalitarian gender laws might be constructed from within the Islamic legal framework.