Men in Charge?: Rethinking Authority in Muslim Legal Tradition

by Mulki Al-Sharmani, Jana Rumminger, Ziba Mir-Hosseini

Both Muslims and non-Muslims see women in most Muslim countries as suffering from social, economic, and political discrimination, treated by law and society as second-class citizens subject to male authority. This discrimination is attributed to Islam and Islamic law, and since the late 19th century there has been a mass of literature tackling this issue.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780747160
• ISBN13: 9781780747163
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Oneworld Academic
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"