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The Rights of Women in Islam

An Authentic Approach

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Haifaa A. Jawad

    1. Westhill College, Birmingham, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. The Legal Status of Women in Islam

    • Haifaa A. Jawad
    Pages 1-15

  3. Islam and Women’s Education

    • Haifaa A. Jawad
    Pages 16-29

  4. Women and Marriage in Islam

    • Haifaa A. Jawad
    Pages 30-40

  5. Women and the Question of Polygamy in Islam

    • Haifaa A. Jawad
    Pages 41-51

  6. Female Circumcision: Religious Obligation or Cultural Deviation?

    • Haifaa A. Jawad
    Pages 52-60

  7. Islam and Women’s Inheritance

    • Haifaa A. Jawad
    Pages 61-70

  8. The Dissolution of Marriage in Islam

    • Haifaa A. Jawad
    Pages 71-82

  9. Women and Political Action

    • Haifaa A. Jawad
    Pages 83-96

  10. Conclusion

    • Haifaa A. Jawad
    Pages 97-99

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 100-150
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It has been argued that Islam liberated Muslim women by granting them full rights as citizens. Yet in reality we see that women have long been subjected to both cultural and political oppression. Instances such as forced marriages are sadly common in the Muslim World, as are restrictions on education and on their role in the labour force.

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'...a carefully researched volume and a welcome addition to the growing body of literature on the question of women in Islam.' - Haleh Afshar, Times Literary Supplement

Authors and Affiliations

  • Westhill College, Birmingham, UK

    Haifaa A. Jawad

About the author

HAIFAA A. JAWAD is Senior Lecturer in Middle East and Islamic Studies at Westhill College, Birmingham. She previously taught politics and international relations at Al-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad, and New England College, Arundel. Born in Baghdad, Dr Jawad gained her PhD from Exeter University in 1989. She has specialised on Euro-Arab relations, the socio-political study of Islam, Islam and the west and women's issues in Islam. Among her most recent publications is The Middle East in the New World Order (1997). Currently she is on secondment at the Religious Department of Lancaster University.

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