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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgements
Note on texts, translation, and transliteration
Introduction
1. Marriage, Money, and Sex
“And according to what they spend from their wealth ...”
Sex
Intermarriage
Conclusion
2. Lesser Evils: Divorce in Islamic Ethics
Untying the knot
Extreme circumstances
Prospects for reform
Conclusion
3. “What your right hands possess”: Slave Concubinage in Muslim Texts and Discourses
Islam and slavery: overview of sources and history
Women, war captives, and withdrawal
Conclusion
4. Prohibited Acts and Forbidden Partners: Illicit Sex in Islamic Jurisprudence
Protecting chastity: the classical texts
Paternity, legal fictions, and non-marital sex in contemporary Muslim thought
Conclusion
5. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Same-Sex Intimacy in Muslim Thought
History
Don’t ask, don’t tell
Same-sex marriage
Conclusion
6. “Reduce but do not destroy”: Female “Circumcision” in Islamic Sources
Islamic or un-Islamic?
“Reduce but do not destroy”
Conclusion
7. “If you have touched women”: Female Bodies and Male Agency in the Qur’an
To whom am I speaking?
A difficult verse
Garments for one another
Conclusion
8. The Prophet Muhammad, his Beloved Aishah, and Modern Muslim Sensibilities
Apologetics and polemics
Searching for solace
Conclusion
9. Toward an Islamic Ethics of Sex
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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