Feminism, Tradition and Change in Contemporary Islam

Shehnaz Haqqani
Paperback, 400 pages
9780861548408

Negotiating Islamic Law and Gender

The Islamic tradition has always been flexible, changing over time and constantly adapting to the different societies Muslims find themselves in. Few Muslims today would abide by the fatwa against the printing press under the Ottomans. Moreover, although Islamic law legislates for slavery and child marriage, only a vanishing minority of Muslims consider these practices acceptable today – and some will even argue that Islam never permitted them.