Muslim Women in America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today

by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Kathleen M. Moore, Jane I. Smith, et al.

Book Overview

The treatment and role of women is one of the most discussed and controversial aspects of Islam. In this volume, three respected scholars of Islam survey the situation of women in Islam, focusing on how Muslim views about and experiences of gender are changing in the Western diaspora. It offers an overview of the teachings of the Qur'an and the Prophet Muhammad on gender, analyzes the ways in which the West has historically viewed Muslim women, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199793344
• ISBN13: 9780199793341
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"