

This third edition contains a chapter: 'On a Muslim Woman Leading the Congregational Prayer'. By reinterpreting Quranic texts and analysing traditional Arab customs. The question whether in a secular society Muslim personal law needs any change, and, if so, in which direction the reform should be undertaken is dealt with in detail. Buy a cheap copy of The Rights of Women in Islam book by Asghar Ali Engineer. He argues quite convincingly that the Holy Book gives equal rights to both the sexes, and it does not discriminate between them as regards personal, democratic and human rights.

The author, a renowned scholar, has sought to set the record straight by reinterpreting women's rights in the true Qur'anic spirit. Altogether, it attempts to arm Muslim women with Islamic arguments for their empowerment. womens rights or relations with non-Muslims. It also deals with the Arab adaat, that is, pre-Islamic customs and traditions regarding women. Indian Muslim scholar-activist, Asghar Ali Engineer, seeing how he deals with the. It then goes on to deal with the status of women in the post-Islamic period - the Qur'anic concept of women's rights in marriage, divorce, inheritance, custody of children, polygamy, maintenance, property, right to earn, et cetera It quotes extensively from the Qur'an and Sunnah. This book covers various aspects relating to the status of women in the pre-Islamic period - customs and traditions, forms of marriage, divorce and forms of divorce, dower, traditions regarding slave-girls, and so on. According to Asghar Ali Engineer, Islam places women in. 185065154X (paperback) 1850651493 Includes. According to Asghar Ali Engineer, the basic view of Ali Ashgar about gender equality is that it has two normative and contextual aspects. Summary: Women's issues continue to dominate the Islamic world in particular, as there has been a very gradual change in the status of women in the Islamic world as a whole. The rights of women in Islam / Asghar Ali Engineer London : C.
