Speaking in God's Name: Islamic Law, Authority and WomenThis challenging book reviews the ethical foundations of the Islamic legal system, suggesting that an authoritarian reading of scripture has often had grave consequences for parts of Muslim society. Drawing upon both religious and secular sources, Islamic legal expert Khaled Abou El Fadl argues that divinely ordained law is frequently misinterpreted by Muslim authorities at the expense of women and oth er groups. Citing a series of injustices in Islamic society, from the ban on women driving to the restrictions governing female clothing, El Fadl's thoughtful and cogent study proposes instead a return to the original ethics at the heart of the Muslim legal system. |
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A'ishah Abd al-Raḥmān Abd Allah Abū Bakr Abu Hurayrah Aḥkām Aḥmad al-'Uthaymin al-Aḥwadhi al-Dhahabi al-Din al-Ghazālī al-ḥadīth al-Islāmī al-Nawawi al-Qur'ān Allāh argued assumptions authenticity authorial enterprise authoritarian authoritativeness authority Awn al-Ma'būd awrah Bakr Bāz Beirut C.R.L.O jurists Cairo claim classical jurists common agents context Dār al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyyah determinations discourses Divine evidence fact faith-based Fatāwā wa Maqālāt Fatwa Fawzan fitnah Furthermore God's ḥadīth hijab historical human husband Ibn Baz Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalānī Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah Ibn Taymiyyah ijtihad Importantly instance instructions interpretive community Islamic law Islamic legal issue Kitāb Majmū Maktabat Maqālāt Mutanawwi'ah marriage meaning methodology moral Muḥammad Mukhtaṣar Muslim jurists normative obligation operative cause prayer Principal prohibited Prophet Qur'an Qur'ānic verses reader reason religion reportedly reports responsa response Riyāḍ role rule scholars Sharḥ Shari'ah slave-girls social special agent Sunnah Tafsir textual transmission transmitted Umar University Press Uṣūl al-Fiqh veil woman women