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Off the Straight Path - Illicit Sex, Law, and Community in Ottoman Aleppo (Paperback)
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Off the Straight Path - Illicit Sex, Law, and Community in Ottoman Aleppo (Paperback)
Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East
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The legal treatment of sexual behavior is a subject that receives
little scholarly attention in the field of Middle East women's
studies. Important questions about the relationship between
sexuality and the law and about the societies enforcing that
relationship are rarely addressed in the current literature. Elyse
Semerdjian's ""Off the Straight Path"" takes a bold step toward
filling that gap, offering a fascinating look at the historical
progression of Islamic law's treatment of illicit sex. Semerdjian
provides a comprehensive review of the concept of zina, sexual
indiscretion, exploring the diverse interpretation of zina crime as
presented in a variety of sources from the Qur'an and hadith to
legal literature. She then delves into the history of legal
responses to zina within the specific community of Aleppo, Syria.
Drawing on a wealth of shari 'a court records, Semerdjian brings to
life Syrian society during the Ottoman period. With vivid detail,
she describes specific women's lives and experiences as their cases
are presented before the court. Semerdjian argues that the actual
treatment of zina crimes in the courts differs substantially from
sentences prescribed by codifed Islamic jurisprudence. In contrast
to the violent corporal punishments dictated in the Islamic legal
code, the courts often punished crimes of sexual indiscretion with
nonviolent sentences, such as removal from the community. Employing
exceptional insight, ""Off the Straight Path"" presents a powerful
challenge to the traditional view of Islamic law, enabling a richer
understanding of Islamic society.
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