This pioneering study of the social and political lives of Muslim women has shaped a whole generation of scholarship. In it, Leila Ahmed explores the historical roots of contemporary debates, ambitiously surveying Islamic discourse on women from Arabia during the period in which…
by Šāfiʿī, Muḥammad Ibn-Idrīs aš-, Ali, Kecia
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Kecia Ali delves into the many ways the Prophet's life story has been told from the earliest days of Islam to the present, by both Muslims and non-Muslims. Emphasizing the major transformations since the nineteenth century, she shows that far from being mutually opposed, these v…
Kecia Ali delves into the many ways the Prophet's life story has been told from the earliest days of Islam to the present, by both Muslims and non-Muslims. Emphasizing the major transformations since the nineteenth century, she shows that far from being mutually opposed, these v…
Kecia Ali delves into the many ways the Prophet's life story has been told from the earliest days of Islam to the present, by both Muslims and non-Muslims. Emphasizing the major transformations since the nineteenth century, she shows that far from being mutually opposed, these v…
Br> Marriage and Slavery in Early Islam by Ali, Kecia Terms of use Ali (religion, Boston U.) offers a lucid discussion of the creation of laws governing marriage in the first two centuries of the Islamic world, describing how laws for slaves are consistently adapted to create la…