Men in Charge? by Mir-Hosseini, Ziba -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Foreword Acknowledgements Note on Translation and Transliteration Introduction

NEW KNOWLEDGE AND ENGAGEMENT WITH TRADITION OVERVIEW OF CHAPTERS REFERENCES NOTES

Muslim Legal Tradition and the Challenge of Gender Equality

MALE AUTHORITY AS A LEGAL POSTULATE MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF EQUALITY: REFORMIST APPROACHES

The first moment: codification The second moment: the rise of political Islam The third moment: the emergence of 'Islamic feminism'

EGALITARIAN FAMILY LAWS: PROSPECTS AND IMPLICATIONS REFERENCES NOTES

The Interpretive Legacy of Qiwamah as an Exegetical Construct

THE CHRONOLOGICAL PATH OF MEDIEVAL AND MODERN CONSTRUCTIONS REFORMIST INTERPRETIVE STRATEGIES CONCLUDING REMARKS REFERENCES NOTES

An Egalitarian Reading of the Concepts of Khilafah, Wilayah and Qiwamah

APPROACHING THE QUR'AN ISTIKHLAF OR EQUALITY IN BUILDING HUMAN CIVILIZATION WILAYAH OR SHARED RESPONSIBILITY OF MEN AND WOMEN QIWAMAH OR MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACE BY MEN AND WOMEN

CONCLUDING REMARKS: 'STANDING FOR JUSTICE' REFERENCES NOTES

ROOTING GENDER-EGALITARIAN LAWS IN PROPHETIC PRACTICE (SUNNAH) THE PROBLEM OF CONSENT ORPHANS AND POLYGAMY FINAL THOUGHTS REFERENCES NOTES

Islamic Law, Sufism and Gender: Rethinking the Terms of the Debate

GENDER, LAW AND CONTEMPORARY FEMINIST READINGS SELF AND SUBJECTIVITIES IN SUFISM GLIMPSING THE DIVINE, ENVISIONING THE HUMAN THE GENDERED INSAN: SPIRITUALITY AND SOCIALITY CONCLUSION REFERENCES NOTES

Qiwamah and Wilayah as Legal Postulates in Muslim Family Laws

SPOUSAL MAINTENANCE AND OBEDIENCE JUDICIAL DIVORCE GUARDIANSHIP HEAD OF THE FAMILY CONCLUDING COMMENTS REFERENCES NOTES

NOTE ON METHOD NOTE ON TERMS NGO ADVOCACY FOR PERSONAL STATUS LAW REFORM

Polygamy Divorce Maintenance Obedience Financial guardianship of children Custody Shared wealth

TWO DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO REFORM ISLAMIC LAW AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW CHANGING STANDARDS FOR AUTHORITATIVE RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE IN THE MODERN NATION STATE WHO IS DOING THE ACTIVISM? FINAL REFLECTIONS REFERENCES NOTES

MUSLIMS IN WESTERN EUROPE FATWAS: FORM AND PURPOSE FATWA INSTITUTIONS IN WESTERN EUROPE: TRENDS AND ACTORS FATWAS RELATED TO SPOUSAL ROLES AND RIGHTS

Syed ad-Darsh The ECFR Fatwas from Syed ad-Darsh Fatwa from the EFCR

CONCLUSION REFERENCES NOTES

Understanding Qiwamah and Wilayah through Life Stories

BACKGROUND AND PROCESS METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH: GUIDING PRINCIPLES ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK: READING LIFE STORIES KEY FINDINGS

The myth of the male provider and women's economic roles Sexual relations and rights within marriage Polygamy Divorce Contemporary problems of male guardianship Women's self-knowledge and relationship to tradition and authority

REFLECTIONS: LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING AHEAD REFERENCES NOTES

The Ethics of Tawhid over the Ethics of Qiwamah

THE HISTORICAL LEGACY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSLIMS OVERCOMING BINARIES TAWHID: THE ULTIMATE REALITY OF ALLAH AS THE INSPIRATION FOR GENDER EQUALITY THE WAY FORWARD REFERENCES NOTES

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