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The Status of Women in Islam

This book What is a series of three articles which, based on Quranic statements, claim that the question of the system of rights for women in the home as well as in society should once again be assessed.

Author(s):

Ayatullah Muhammad Taqi Misbah Yazdi

Muhammad Jawad Bahonar

Lois Lamya al-Faruqi

Publisher(s): Islamic Propagation Organization

Table of Contents

Publisher's Note 3

Women or Half of the Body of Society  4

The Solution to Social Problems 4

The Logic of Human Nature 5

Woman's Natural Constitution. 6

The Root of the Family Unit 9

Nature's Guidance in Determining the Woman's Role 9

The Woman in Islam. 11

Notes 21

Islam and Women's Rights 22

Introduction. 22

Change in Woman's Legal Position in Europe 23

Woman's “Liberation” Comes to Eastern Countries 24

The Relationship between Woman's Natural Structure and Her Rights 25

Role of Thought and Emotion. 26

Equal Rights of Men and Women and the Islamic Viewpoint 27

Women in A Qur'anic Society. 31

1. Equal Status And Worth Of The Sexes 33

A. Religious Matters 33

B. Ethical Obligations and Rewards 34

C. Education. 34

D. Legal Rights 34

2. A Dual Sex Rather Than Unisex Society. 35

3. Interdependence Of The Members Of Society. 36

4. The Extended Family. 37

5. A Patriarchal Family Organization. 39

Publisher's Note

As regards the rights and status of women in society, the question arises as to whether the natural rights and status of men and women are identical or not; whether nature has gifted these rights bisexually or unisexually.

What is now before the respected reader is a series of three articles which, based on Quranic statements, claim that the question of the system of rights for women in the home as well as in society should once again be assessed.

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Islamic Propagation Organization