Believing Women in Islam: A Brief Introduction

by Asma Barlas and David Raeburn Finn

Is women's inequality supported by the Qur'an? Do men have the exclusive right to interpret Islam's holy scripture? In her best-selling book Believing Women in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an, Asma Barlas argues that, far from supporting male privilege, the Qur'an actually encourages the full equality of women and men. She explains why a handful of verses have been interpreted to favor men and shows how these same...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477315888
• ISBN13: 9781477315880
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 7.9"