Sex and Society in Islam: Birth Control Before the Nineteenth Century

by Basim F. Musallam and Basim Musallam

Book Overview

In this study of birth control in the classical Islamic world, Basim Musallam demonstrates the wide range of evidence available to dispel many assumptions that are rampant in many people's beliefs. Medieval Arabic discussions of contraception and abortion in Islamic jurisprudence, medicine, materia medica, belles lettres, erotica and popular literature show that birth control was sanctioned by Islamic law and opinion. Contraceptive methods were available...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521338581
• ISBN13: 9780521338585
• Release Date: August 1986
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"