Women and gender in Islam : historical roots of a modern debate /

Are Islamic societies inherently oppressive to women? Is the trend among Islamic women to appear once again in veils and other traditional clothing a symbol of regression or an effort to return to a "pure" Islam that was just and fair to both sexes? In this book Leila Ahmed adds a new pers...

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Main Author: Ahmed, Leila
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, c1992.
Subjects:
Women > Arab countries > Social conditions.
Sexism > Arab countries > History.
Muslim women > Attitudes.
Feminism > Arab countries.
Femmes > �Etats arabes > Conditions sociales.
Sexisme > �Etats arabes > Histoire.
Musulmanes > Attitudes.
F�eminisme > �Etats arabes.
Islam > Women
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University of Calicut

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Call Number: 305.486971 AHM/W
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