Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate by Leila Ahmed

Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate

Leila Ahmed

296 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Are Islamic societies inherently oppressive to women? Is the trend among Islamic women to appear once again in veils and other traditional clothing a symbol of regression or an effort to return to a “pure” Islam that was just and fair to both sexe...

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