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Women and Islam in Bangladesh

Beyond Subjection and Tyranny

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  • © 2000

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  1. Taj I. Hashmi

    1. School of Liberal Arts and Science, Independent University, Bangladesh

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  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

    • Taj I. Hashmi
    Pages 205-209

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 210-254
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

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

    Taj I. Hashmi

About the author

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

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