StarAstrologer - Books : Qur'an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's Perspective
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 297.12283054
EAN: 9780195128369
ISBN: 0195128362
Label: Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: June 10, 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Sales Rank: 104083
Studio: Oxford University Press, USA
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Fourteen centuries of Islamic thought have produced a legacy of interpretive readings of the Qu'ran written almost entirely by men. Now, with Qu'ran and Woman, Amina Wadud provides a first interpretive reading by a woman, a reading which validates the female voice in the Qu'ran and brings it out of the shadows. Muslim progressives have long argued that it is not the religion but patriarchal interpretation and implementation of the Qu'ran that have kept women oppressed. For many, the way to reform is the reexamination and reinterpretation of religious texts. Qu'ran and Woman contributes a gender inclusive reading to one of the most fundamental disciplines in Islamic thought, Qu'ranic exegesis. Wadud breaks down specific texts and key words which have been used to limit women's public and private role, even to justify violence toward Muslim women, revealing that their original meaning and context defy such interpretations. What her analysis clarifies is the lack of gender bias, precedence, or prejudice in the essential language of the Qur'an. Despite much Qu'ranic evidence about the significance of women, gender reform in Muslim society has been stubbornly resisted. Wadud's reading of the Qu'ran confirms women's equality and constitutes legitimate grounds for contesting the unequal treatment that women have experienced historically and continue to experience legally in Muslim communities. The Qu'ran does not prescribe one timeless and unchanging social structure for men and women, Wadud argues lucidly, affirming that the Qu'ran holds greater possibilities for guiding human society to a more fulfilling and productive mutual collaboration between men and women than as yet attained by Muslims or non-Muslims.
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This book it good but short, and there are already many good reviews, so I will only add that, for a better understanding of Islam (neither flattering nor biased against it), it is worth reading also the following works:
A) ASSESSMENTS OF ISLAM: 1) The best, impartial, wise: "Islam. History, present, future" by Hans Küng . 2) Moderate Islam at its best: "The Great Theft : Wrestling Islam from the Extremists" by Khaled M. Abou El Fadl; and 3) Harsh but well argued: "Muslims in the West: ... Read More
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The book I read was "Qur'an and Woman," by Amina Wadud. In it she explores the way women are presented in the Holy Qur'an, and also ways in which this has not been firmly understood through the years by a culturally-driven interpretation of the text. She breaks down the linguistic structures of the passages referring to women and determines the difference, if any, between how men are seen and how women are seen.
It is quite a formidable task, to approach this multi-leveled text- the Qur'an ... Read More
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Most Muslims are not Arabs, and consequently don't speak Arabic, the language of the Qur'an. So an awful lot of Muslims themselves have never actually read the Qur'anic verses about women and tried to make sense of them. On the other hand, most non-Muslims have never read the Qur'an, and tend to assume that the Muslim view of women is more or less that of the Taliban or the Saudis. This book, written by an progressive Muslim American academic with a Ph.D. in Arabic, should be essential reading for both the ... Read More
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This black American Muslim woman's profound study of the Qu'ran with respect to women in Islam is much needed because it questions the widely accepted attitude among Muslims that women are in certain respects inferior. This is not a superficial study and it bears re-reading and reflection. I read it once while reading the work by Irshad manji, "What is Wrong with Islam." The two books are quite different, but I found they complement each other.
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Upon careful examination of her theories, I have concluded that she is an internally torn individual who confuses the woman's role (that of respect, human rights, but different roles) with that of a man's. Being equal doesn't mean you have to do everything the other person does. I find comfort in The Quran, which informs us that men have a degree of responsibility over the woman, i.e. to provide, protect. I think bearing children and raising them is a huge responsibility, and the woman shouldn't be in a position ... Read More
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