The Veil and the Male Elite; A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam - Hardcover

Fatima Mernissi

 
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The Veil And The Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation Of Women's Rightsin Islam

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Synopsis

Mernissi (sociology, U. of Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco) examines whether Islam is opposed to women's rights by focusing on the early year's of Islam and Mohammed's intention of creating an egalitarian society without slaves or sexual discrimination. Her work stands as a manifesto for Muslim women who strive for full human rights on the one hand and

About the Author

Fatema Mernissi teaches sociology at University Mohammed V in Rabat, Morocco. She is the author of more than eight books, including Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood, Scheherazade Goes West, The Veil and the Male Elite, and Beyond the Veil.

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ISBN 10:  0201632217 ISBN 13:  9780201632217
Publisher: Basic Books, 1992
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