ISLAM, WOMEN AND GENDER JUSTICE
It is generally thought that Islam treats women unfairly and gender justice is not possible within Islamic law known as the Shari‘ah law. This assertion is partly true and partly untrue: true as far as the existing Shari‘ah laws are concerned; untrue, as the existing laws were codified during 2nd an...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Dharmaram College
2004
|
| In: |
Journal of Dharma
Year: 2004, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 183-200 |
| Further subjects: | B
Sources of Shari‘ah Law
B Qur’an Reinstates Justice to Women B Differentiating the Essential and the Contextual B Methodology of Creating Islamic Legal Structure B Re-interpreting the Qur’anic Notion of Justice B Primacy of Scripture |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | It is generally thought that Islam treats women unfairly and gender justice is not possible within Islamic law known as the Shari‘ah law. This assertion is partly true and partly untrue: true as far as the existing Shari‘ah laws are concerned; untrue, as the existing laws were codified during 2nd and 3rd centuries of Islam when general perspective of women’s rights was very different from today’s perspective. The Qur’anic verses which are quite fundamental to the Islamic law, were interpreted so as to be in conformity with the views about gender rights prevailing then. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 0253-7222 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma
|