The Perplexity of a Muslim Woman: Over Inheritance, Marriage, and Homosexuality

Youssef, Olfa

ISBN 10: 1498541712 / ISBN 13: 9781498541718

Verlag: Lexington Books, 2018

Beschreibung

pp. 164.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 26381162384

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Perplexity of a Muslim Woman: Over Inheritance, Marriage, and Homosexuality
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1498541712
• ISBN-13: 9781498541718
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: New

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Inhaltsangabe

Olfa Youssef investigates the rulings about inheritance, marriage, and homosexuality in the Qur’anic text itself and compares them with the androcentric interpretations provided by male Muslim theologians and legal scholars from medieval times to the present, which today inform the body of the sharia law in the Muslim world.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Olfa Youssef is distinguished professor of Arabic, gender studies, and applied Islamology at the University of Manouba. Lamia Benyoussef (translator) is assistant professor in Arabic studies in the Department of Modern Foreign Languages at Birmingham-Southern College.