Rumminger Jana - Men In Charge? Rethinking Authority In Muslim Legal Tradition - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Both Muslims and non - Muslims see women in most Muslim countries as suffering from social economic and political discrimination treated by law and society as second - class citizens subject to male authority. This discrimination is attributed to Islam and Islamic law and since the late 19th century there has been a mass of literature tackling this issue. Recently exciting new feminist research has been challenging gender discrimination and male authority from within Islamic legal tradition: this book presents some important results from that research. The contributors all engage critically with two central juristic concepts; rooted in the Qur an they lie at the basis of this discrimination. One refers to a husband's authority over his wife his financial responsibility toward her and his superior status and rights. The other is male family members right and duty of guardianship over female members (e. g. fathers over daughters when entering into marriage contracts) and the privileging of fathers over mothers in guardianship rights over their children. The contributors brought together by the Musawah global movement for equality and justice in the Muslim family include Omaima Abou - Bakr Asma Lamrabet Ayesha Chaudhry Sa diyya Shaikh Lynn Welchman Marwa Sharefeldin Lena Larsen and Amina Wadud.
Title: Men In Charge? Rethinking Authority In Muslim Legal Tradition
Author(s): Rumminger Jana
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Barcode: 9781780747163
Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Date: 3/1/2015
Category: Islamic Studies