ISLAM, WOMEN AND GENDER JUSTICE

It is generally thought that Islam treats women unfairly and gender justice is not possible within Islamic law known as the Shari‘ah law. This assertion is partly true and partly untrue: true as far as the existing Shari‘ah laws are concerned; untrue, as the existing laws were codified during 2nd an...

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Main Author: Engineer, Asghar Ali (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dharmaram College 2004
In: Journal of Dharma
Year: 2004, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 183-200
Further subjects:B Sources of Shari‘ah Law
B Qur’an Reinstates Justice to Women
B Differentiating the Essential and the Contextual
B Methodology of Creating Islamic Legal Structure
B Re-interpreting the Qur’anic Notion of Justice
B Primacy of Scripture
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Summary:It is generally thought that Islam treats women unfairly and gender justice is not possible within Islamic law known as the Shari‘ah law. This assertion is partly true and partly untrue: true as far as the existing Shari‘ah laws are concerned; untrue, as the existing laws were codified during 2nd and 3rd centuries of Islam when general perspective of women’s rights was very different from today’s perspective. The Qur’anic verses which are quite fundamental to the Islamic law, were interpreted so as to be in conformity with the views about gender rights prevailing then.
ISSN:0253-7222
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma