Women in Islam

Henningfeld, Diane Andrews. (Added Author).

Summary: Offers a variety of perspectives-eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more-to illuminate the issue of women in Islam.

Item details

ISBN: 9780737749045 (hardcover)
ISBN: 0737749040 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9780737749052 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0737749059 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
116 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2011.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Women in Islam : an overview / Priscilla Offenhauer -- Muslim women should not be stereotyped / Mona Eltahawy -- Muslim women need their rights to be recognized / Katha Pollitt -- Western women in Muslim lands lose their rights / Judy Bachrach -- Islam favors women / Syafa Almirzanah -- The Islamic legal code harms women / M.A. Khan -- The Quoran protects women's rights / Khalida Tanvir Syed -- Many Muslim girls endure female circumcision / Thomas von der Osten-Sacken and Thomas Uwer -- Muslims must reject violence against women / Mohamed Hagmagid Ali -- Muslim women are the victims of honor killings / Tarek Fatah -- Muslim women's religious dress should be banned in public / Saira Khan -- A ban on Muslim women's religious dress is discriminatory / Human Rights Watch -- Muslim women's religious dress is a symbol of liberation, not oppression / Warina Sushil A. Jukuy.