Muslim women in America: the challenge of islamic identity today

The treatment and role of women is one of the most discussed and controversial aspects of Islam. In this volume, three respected scholars of Islam survey the situation of women in Islam, focusing on how Muslim views about and experiences of gender are changing in the Western diaspora. The treatment and role of women is one of the most discussed and controversial aspects of Islam. In this volume, three respected scholars of Islam survey the situation of women in Islam, focusing on how Muslim views about and experiences of gender are changing in the Western diaspora. It offers an overview of the teachings of the Qur'an and the Prophet Muhammad on gender, analyzes the ways in which the West hashistorically viewed Muslim women, and examines how the Muslim world haschanged in response to Western critiques. The volume then centers on the Muslim experience in America, examining Muslim American analyses of gender, Muslimattempts to form a new "American" Islam, and the legal issues surrounding equal rights for Muslim females. Such specific issues as dress,marriage, child custody, and asylum are addressed. It also looks at the ways in which American Muslim women have tried to create new paradigms of Islamic womanhood and are reinterpreting the traditions apart from the males who control the mosque institutions. AcknowledgementsPreface1 Setting the Scene2 Persistent Stereotypes3 Embracing Islam4 Practices of the Faith5 Gender and the Family6 Muslim Women in the Crucible7 Claiming Public Space8 Competing DiscoursesGlossarySourcesIndex

• ISBN: 978-0-19-979334-1
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 192
• Fecha Publicación: 24/10/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés