Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 256 pages
- Published by: Hippocrene Books November 18, 2005
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0781810906
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0781810906
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Book Dimensions:
8.4 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
- Weighs: 12.8 ounces
Reader ReviewsThe description in the back cover is fairly accurate, so I will only add that, as a complement to "Women in Islam", I would suggest reading the following works: A) ASSESSMENTS OF ISLAM: 1) The best, impartial, wise: "Islam. History, present, future" by Hans Küng . 2) Moderate Islam at its best: "The Great Theft : Wrestling Islam from the Extremists" by Khaled M. Abou El Fadl; and 3) Harsh but well argued: "Muslims in the West: Redefining the Separation of Church & State" by Sami Awad Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh; B) WOMEN AND ISLAM. 4) Qur'an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's Perspective by Amina Wadud (also recommended by amazon in "better together"); and 5) Autobiography of a courageous woman: "Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. She is a controversial thinker with a very interesting life. C) HISTORY: 6) General: "The Venture of Islam", by Marshall G. S. Hodgson (nowadays a classic included in any bibliography on Islam); 7) Turks: "The Turks in World History" by Carter Vaughn Findley; 8) Political theory: "God's Rule : Government and Islam" by Patricia Crone; and 9) Jihad: Understanding Jihad" by David Cook. P.S. For more information, I would also suggest reading the reviews of the first edition of this work
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