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The treatment and role of women is one of the most discussed and controversial aspects of Islam. In this volume, three respected scholars of Islam survey the situation of women in Islam, focusing on how Muslim views about and experiences of gender are changing in the Western diaspora. It offers an overview of the teachings of the Qur'an and the Prophet Muhammad on gender, analyzes the ways in which the West has historically viewed Muslim women, and examines how the Muslim world has changed in response to Western critiques. The volume then centers on the Muslim experience in America, examining Muslim American analyses of gender, Muslim attempts to form a new "American" Islam, and the legal issues surrounding equal rights for Muslim females. Such specific issues as dress, marriage, child custody, and asylum are addressed. It also looks at the ways in which American Muslim women have tried to create new paradigms of Islamic womanhood and are reinterpreting the traditions apart from the males who control the mosque institutions.
The treatment and role of women are among the most discussed and
controversial aspects of Islam. The rights of Muslim women have
become part of the Western political agenda, often perpetuating a
stereotype of universal oppression. Muslim women living in America
continue to be marginalized and misunderstood since the 9/11
terrorist attacks. Yet their contributions are changing the face of
Islam as it is seen both within Muslim communities in the West and
by non-Muslims. In their public and private lives, Muslim women are
actively negotiating what it means to be a woman and a Muslim in an
American context.
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