Women and Islam in Bangladesh

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   • Taj I. Hashmi

   Pages 1-11

3. Women in Islam: a Reappraisal

   • Taj I. Hashmi

   Pages 12-60

4. Mullas, Popular Islam and Misogyny in Bangladesh

   • Taj I. Hashmi

   Pages 61-95

5. Women as Victims of the Salish: Fatwas, Mullas and the Village Community

   • Taj I. Hashmi

   Pages 96-133

6. NGOs and Empowerment of Women: Some Problematic Prognoses

   • Taj I. Hashmi

   Pages 134-179

7. Militant Feminism, Islam and Patriarchy: Taslima Nasreen, Ulama and the Polity

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   Pages 180-204

8. Conclusions

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   Pages 205-209

9. Back Matter

   Pages 210-254

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This work of research by Taj Hashmi puts the issue of women's position in society in historical as well as Islamic perspectives to relate it to the objective conditions in Bangladesh. In eight illuminating chapters, he narrates how Quranic edicts about women have through the ages been misinterpreted by the power elites and the mullahs to suppress women. Even NGOs are not immune from exploiting them. Hope, according to the author, lies in the literacy and economic self-reliance of the Bangladeshi women.

• Islam
• misogyny
• women

• School of Liberal Arts and Science, Independent University, Bangladesh

  Taj I. Hashmi

TAJ UL-ISLAM HASHMI is Professor and Director, School of Liberal Arts and Science, Independent University, Bangladesh.

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