Women in the Qur'an, Traditions, and Interpretation

by Barbara Freyer Stowasser

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By telling the stories of women in Qur'an and interpretation, the author introduces Islamic doctrine and its past and present socio-economic and political applications. She establishes the link between the female figure as cultural symbol, and Islamic self-perceptions from the beginning to the present time.

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Muscogulus 194 reviews

Very interesting scholarly work that opens up a vast area of Islamic sunna (traditions) and tafsir (interpretation) to Western readers. Of course it dispels the crude popular prejudice that Islam is inherently misogynistic.

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