Muslim women in America : the challenge of Islamic identity today

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Label

Muslim women in America : the challenge of Islamic identity today

Title remainder

the challenge of Islamic identity today

Statement of responsibility

Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Jane I. Smith, Kathleen M. Moore

Creator

• Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck, 1935-

Contributor

• Moore, Kathleen M., 1959-
• Smith, Jane I

Subject

• Islam -- Social aspects -- United States
• Muslim women -- United States -- Social conditions
• Muslims -- United States -- Social conditions
• Sex role -- United States
• United States -- Ethnic relations
• United States -- Religious life and customs
• Group identity -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

This text surveys the situation of women in Islam, focusing on how Muslim views about and experiences of gender are changing in the Western diaspora. It offers an overview of the teachings of the Qur'an and the Prophet Muhammad on gender, and analyses the ways in which the West has historically viewed Muslim women

Dewey number

305.486970973

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Target audience

specialized