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Believing Women in Islam

Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an

By: Asma Barlas

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Believing Women in Islam

Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an

By: Asma Barlas

Does Islam call for the oppression of women? Non-Muslims point to the subjugation of women that occurs in many Muslim countries, especially those that claim to be "Islamic," while many Muslims read the Qur’an in ways that seem to justify sexual oppression, inequality, and patriarchy. Taking a wholly different view, Asma Barlas develops a believer’s reading of the Qur’an that demonstrates the radically egalitarian and antipatriarchal nature of its teachings. Beginning with a historical analysis of religious authority and knowledge, Barlas shows how Muslims came to read inequality and patriarchy into the Qur’an to justify existing religious and social structures and demonstrates that the patriarchal meanings ascribed to the Qur’an are a function of who has read it, how, and in what contexts. She goes on to reread the Qur’an’s position on a variety of issues in order to argue that its teachings do not support patriarchy. To the contrary, Barlas convincingly asserts that the Qur’an affirms the complete equality of the sexes, thereby offering an opportunity to theorize radical sexual equality from within the framework of its teachings. This new view takes readers into the heart of Islamic teachings on women, gender, and patriarchy, allowing them to understand Islam through its most sacred scripture, rather than through Muslim cultural practices or Western media stereotypes. For this revised edition of Believing Women in Islam, Asma Barlas has written two new chapters—“Abraham’s Sacrifice in the Qur’an” and “Secular/Feminism and the Qur’an”—as well as a new preface, an extended discussion of the Qur’an’s “wife-beating” verse and of men’s presumed role as women’s guardians, and other updates throughout the book.

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University of Texas Press

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1477315942

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Believing Women in Islam

A Brief Introduction

By: Asma Barlas,David Raeburn Finn

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Believing Women in Islam

A Brief Introduction

By: Asma Barlas,David Raeburn Finn

Is women’s inequality supported by the Qur’an? Do men have the exclusive right to interpret Islam’s holy scripture? In her best-selling book Believing Women in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur’an, Asma Barlas argues that, far from supporting male privilege, the Qur’an actually encourages the full equality of women and men. She explains why a handful of verses have been interpreted to favor men and shows how these same verses can be read in an egalitarian way that is fully supported by the text itself and compatible with the Qur’an’s message that it is complete and self-consistent. A Brief Introduction presents the arguments of Believing Women in a simplified way that will be accessible and inviting to general readers and undergraduate students. The authors focus primarily on the Qur’an’s teachings about women and patriarchy. They show how traditional teachings about women’s inferiority are not supported by the Qur’an but were products of patriarchal societies that used it to justify their existing religious and social structures. The authors’ hope is that by understanding how patriarchal traditionalists have come to exercise so much authority in today’s Islam, as well as by rereading some of the Qur’an’s most controversial verses, adherents of the faith will learn to question patriarchal dogma and see that an egalitarian reading of the Qur’an is equally possible and, for myriad reasons, more plausible.

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University of Texas Press

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147731590X

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Democracy, Nationalism, And Communalism

The Colonial Legacy In South Asia

By: Asma Barlas

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Democracy, Nationalism, And Communalism

The Colonial Legacy In South Asia

By: Asma Barlas

Although India and Pakistan were part of a single state until liberation from British colonial rule in 1947, the former has since emerged as the world's largest "democracy, whereas the latter has been under military control for most of its history. In this thought-provoking volume, Asma Barlas explores the complex and delicate issue of democracy in

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Routledge

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0429723245

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9780429723247

Contemporary Issues in Islam

By: Asma Afsaruddin

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Contemporary Issues in Islam

By: Asma Afsaruddin

This book deals with certain "e;hot-button"e; contemporary issues in Islam, including the Shari'a, jihad, the caliphate, women's status, and interfaith relations. Notably, it places the discussion of these topics within a longer historical framework in order

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748695753

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Women in the Qur'an

An Emancipatory Reading

By: Asma Lamrabet

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Women in the Qur'an

An Emancipatory Reading

By: Asma Lamrabet

Today, the issue of Muslim women is held hostage between two perceptions: a conservative Islamic approach and a liberal Western approach. At the heart of this debate Muslim women are seeking to reclaim their right to speak in order to re-appropriate their own destinies, calling for the equality and liberation that is at the heart of the Qur'an. However, with few female commentators on the meaning of the Qur'an and an overreliance on the readings of the Qur'an compiled centuries ago this message is often lost. In this book Asma Lamrabet demands a rereading of the Qur'an by women that focuses on its spiritual and humanistic messages in order to alter the lived reality on the ground. By acknowledging the oppression of women, to different degrees, in social systems organized in the name of religion and also rejecting a perspective that seeks to promote Western values as the only means of liberating them, the author is able to define a new way. One in which their refusal to remain silent is an act of devotion and their demand for reform will lead to liberation. Asma Lamarbet is a pathologist in Avicenna Hospital, Rabat, Morocco. She is also an award-winning author of many articles and books tackling Islam and women's issues. Myriam Francois-Cerrah is a writer and broadcaster whose articles have been published in the Guardian, Salon, and elsewhere.

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Kube Publishing Ltd

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184774091X

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Women and Men in the Qur’ān

By: Asma Lamrabet

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Women and Men in the Qur’ān

By: Asma Lamrabet

This book distinguishes Islam as a spiritual message from the sociopolitical context of its revelation. While the sacred text of the Quran reveals a clear empowerment of women and equality of believers, such spirit is barely reflected in the interpretations. Trapped between Western rhetoric that portrays them as submissive figures in desperate need of liberation, and centuries-old, parochial interpretations that have almost become part of the “sacred,” Muslim women are pressured and profoundly misunderstood. Asma Lamrabet laments this state of affairs and the inclination of both Muslims and non-Muslims to readily embrace flawed human interpretations that devalue women rather than remaining faithful to the meaning of the Sacred Text. Full of insight, this study carefully reads the Qur’an to arrive at its deeper spiritual teachings.

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Springer

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3319787411

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The First Muslims

History and Memory

By: Asma Afsaruddin

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The First Muslims

History and Memory

By: Asma Afsaruddin

A fresh look at the origins and development of Islam, this is a fascinating reconstruction of the era of the first three generations of Muslims. Using a wealth of classical Arabic sources, it chronicles the lives of the Prophet Muhammad, his Companions, and the subsequent two generations of Muslims, together known as the "the Pious Forebears". Examining the adoption in contemporary times of these early Muslims as legitimizing figureheads for a variety of causes, both religious and political, Afsaruddin tries to establish where their sympathies really lay. Essential reading for anyone interested in the inception of the Islam, this important book will captivate the general reader and student alike.

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Simon and Schuster

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178074448X

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Re-understanding Islam

A Double Critique

By: Asma Barlas

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Re-understanding Islam

A Double Critique

By: Asma Barlas

In these two lectures [delivered in May and June 2008] Barlas offers a double critique: of Muslims for reading sexual inequality and oppression into Islam's scripture, the Qur'an, and a critique of "the West" for failing to develop morally relevant ways of speaking about Islam and Muslims"--Back cover.

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Democracy, Nationalism, And Communalism

The Colonial Legacy In South Asia

By: Asma Barlas

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Democracy, Nationalism, And Communalism

The Colonial Legacy In South Asia

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Red, White, and Muslim

My Story of Belief

By: Asma Gull Hasan

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Red, White, and Muslim

My Story of Belief

By: Asma Gull Hasan

An Inspiring Account of One Woman's Journey to Reclaim Her Spiritual and Cultural Identity For Asma Hasan, being a Muslim is not merely a matter of birth, but a matter of choice and faith. Hasan's personal relationship with her religion was, and continues to be, a defining element of her life, and through her writing she inspires a new understanding and appreciation of a frequently misunderstood tradition. This is her American story.

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Harper Collins

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0061971421

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Why I Am a Muslim

An American Odyssey

By: Asma Gull Hasan

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Why I Am a Muslim

An American Odyssey

By: Asma Gull Hasan

The press has been filled with information and misinformation about the true nature of Islam. Hasan represents what is left out of the daily newspapers and explains why being a Muslim is not merely a matter of birth, but it is a matter of choice. In the wake of 9-11, the activities of Osama Bin Laden and Hamas, and the most recent Gulf War, the western press has been filled with information and mis-information about the true nature of Islam. Is it a feudal misogynist belief system that is a threat to Western values? Is it an ideology of oppression? Or, is it a religion that is as varied as Christianity; a big tent that includes not only bomb-throwing ideologues, but also those committed to an authentic spirituality that embraces many of the values shared by the mainstream in Europe and America? Why I am a Muslim is an attempt to grapple with these issues. Part memoir, part polemic, it represents the side of Islam that is left out of the daily newspapers. For Hasan, being a Muslim is not merely a matter of birth, but it is a matter of choice. In seven chapters, she presents seven reasons why she is committed to Islam and why it is a viable spiritual option for anyone. 1. Because I

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Book's by Asma Barlas

Believing Women in Islam

Believing Women in Islam

Believing Women in Islam

Believing Women in Islam

Democracy, Nationalism, And Communalism

Democracy, Nationalism, And Communalism

Contemporary Issues in Islam

Contemporary Issues in Islam

Women in the Qur'an

Women in the Qur'an

Women and Men in the Qur’ān

Women and Men in the Qur’ān

The First Muslims

The First Muslims

Re-understanding Islam

Re-understanding Islam

Democracy, Nationalism, And Communalism

Democracy, Nationalism, And Communalism

Red, White, and Muslim

Red, White, and Muslim

Why I Am a Muslim

Why I Am a Muslim

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