Tag: Islamic

Free Download Nazira Zeineddine: A Pioneer of Islamic Feminism By Miriam Cooke
2010 | 164 Pages | ISBN: 1851687696 | EPUB | 3 MB
In 1928, a young Lebanese woman, Nazira Zeineddine al-Halabi, wrote a book called "Unveiling and Veiling", an indictment of patriarchal oppression in which she boldly stated that the veil was un-Islamic, directly challenging the teachings of wiser" male scholars. Considered by many an attack on Islam, it rocked the Muslim world and was banned by many clerics, although it quickly went into a second edition and was translated into several languages. In this latest addition to Makers of the Muslim World series, Miriam Cooke offers an intimate portrait of the life and work of this pioneering champion of Islamic feminism.

Free Download Hina Azam, "Sexual Violation in Islamic Law: Substance, Evidence, and Procedure"
English | 2017 | ISBN: 1107476062, 1107094240 | PDF | pages: 304 | 1.6 mb
This book provides a detailed analysis of Islamic juristic writings on the topic of rape and argues that classical Islamic jurisprudence contained nuanced, substantially divergent doctrines of sexual violation as a punishable crime. The work centers on legal discourses of the first six centuries of Islam, the period during which these discourses reached their classical forms, and chronicles the juristic conflict over whether or not to provide monetary compensations to victims. Along with tracing the emergence and development of this conflict over time, Hina Azam explains evidentiary ramifications of each of the two competing positions, which are examined through debates between the Ḥanafī and Mālikī schools of law. This study examines several critical themes in Islamic law, such as the relationship between sexuality and property, the tension between divine rights and personal rights in sex crimes, and justifications of victim’s rights afforded by the two competing doctrines.

Free Download Jews and Arabs in Pre- And Early Islamic Arabia By Michael Lecker
1998 | 362 Pages | ISBN: 0860787842 | PDF | 10 MB
Most of the articles in this volume belong to what can be described as the preparatory work which is prerequisite to the study of pre- and early Islamic history. Lecker’s interests include tribal Arabia (including tribes in the Yemen and Hadramawt), the history of the Arabian Jews, the biography of the Prophet Muhammad, and early Islamic literature in general. While the studies are based on a wide range of sources, they often focus on illuminating small accounts which are analyzed and placed in their historical context. The comprehensive index renders the articles easily accessible.

Free Download Murtaza Mutahhari, "On the Islamic HIJAB"
English | 2002 | pages: 146 | ISBN: 9647126611 | PDF | 1,3 mb
Martyr Murtaza Mutahhari ranks among one of the most dynamic and effective scholars of recent times. He was born in 1920 in Fariman, one of the cities of the Khurasan province in Iran. He studied under great masters of his time like the eminent scholar Allama Tabatabai and the late leader of Islamic revolution – Imam Khomeini. He was over 23 seminal works to his credit, and ranks among one of the great Muslim revolutionaryintellectuals of his time. The activities of this scholar were intolerable for the followers of the atheistic schools and they, therefore, decided to remove him from the scene by terroristic methods. Eventually they assassinated him on May 1 , 1979. His martyrdom was indeed a great tragedy to the intellectual world.