Sexual and Gender Diversity in the Muslim World: History, Law and Vernacular Knowledge

by Vanja Hamzi and Vanja Hamzi

Book Overview

Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity is forbidden in contemporary international human rights law, yet in many interpretations of Islamic law, this is seen to contradict the tenets of Islam. Vanja Hamzic here offers a path-breaking historical and anthropological analysis of the discourses on sexual and gender diversity in the Muslim world. The first of its kind, the book sheds new light on the understanding of diversity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784533327
• ISBN13: 9781784533328
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.6" x 8.6"