The Cambridge Companion to Women and Islam

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This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of a timely topic that encompasses the fields of Islamic feminist scholarship, anthropology, history, and sociology. It offers a detailed analysis of debates on gender and Islam, highlighting the logic of classical reasoning, while emphasizing alternative readings proposed by Islamic feminists.

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Preface; Authors' Biographies; A Note on Foreign Language Words; Introduction; Part I. Logic of Classical Reasoning: 1. Women in the Qur'an Karen Bauer; 2. Women's inheritance Sohail Hanif; 3. Veiling and restrictions on sexual liberty Katerina Nordin; 4. Muhammad: the ideal man Faraz Khan; 5. Prophet's Wives: 'the mothers of believers' Mahjabeen Dhala; Part II. Asserting Agency in Faith: 6. Becoming Salafi Arndt Emmerich & Alyaa Ebbiary; 7. Joining political Islam Liv Tønnessen; 8. Conversions to Islam Vanessa Vroon-Najem; 9. Islamic feminists' approaches Nina Nurmila; 10. Women's Mosques in China Maria Jaschok; Part III. Asserting Agency in Socio-Political Life: 11. Patrons of art, architecture, and the urban environment Dede Fairchild Ruggles; 12. Women as political leaders Shahla Haeri; 13. Women as social activists Nelly van Doorn-Harder; 14. Poets and writers Zuzanna Olszewska; 15. 'Feminist religiosity' as lived religion Zilka Spahic-Siljak.