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Sexual ethics and Islam : feminist reflections on Qur'an, hadith, and jurisprudence
- Author
- Ali, Kecia.
- Title
- Sexual ethics and Islam : feminist reflections on Qur'an, hadith, and jurisprudence / K. Ali.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Oxford, England : Oneworld Pub., 2006.
- Description
- xxviii, 217 p. ; 23 cm.
- Spine title
- Sexual ethics & Islam
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-212) and index.
- Contents
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- Acknowledgements
- Notes on texts, translation, and transliteration
- Introduction
- 1. MARRIAGE, MONEY AND SEX. "And according to what they spend from their wealth ... "
- Sex
- Intermarriage
- Conclusion
- 2. LESSER EVILS: DIVORCE IN ISLAMIC ETHICS. Untying the knot
- Extreme circumstances
- Prospects for reform
- Conclusion
- 3. "WHAT YOUR RIGHT HANDS POSSESS": SLAVE CONCUBINAGE IN MUSLIM TEXTS AND DISCOURSES. Islam and slavery: overview of sources and history
- Women, war captives, and withdrawal
- Conclusion
- 4. PROHIBITED ACTS AND FORBIDDEN PARTNERS: ILLICIT SEX IN ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE. Protecting chastity: the classical texts
- Paternity, legal fictions, and non-marital sex in contemporary Muslim thought
- Conclusion
- 5. DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL: SAME-SEX INTIMACY IN MUSLIM THOUGHT. History
- Don't ask, don't tell
- Same-sex marriage
- Conclusion
- 6. "REDUCE BUT DO NOT DESTROY": FEMALE "CIRCUMCISION" IN ISLAMIC SOURCES. Islamic or un-Islamic?
- "Reduce but do not destroy"
- Conclusion
- 7. "IF YOU HAVE TOUCHED WOMEN": FEMALE BODIES AND MALE AGENCY IN THE QURʼAN. To whom am I speaking?
- A difficult verse
- Garments for one another
- Conclusion
- 8. THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD, HIS BELOVED AISHAH, AND MODERN MUSLIM SENSIBILITIES. Apologetics and polemics
- Searching for solace
- Conclusion
- 9. TOWARD AN ISLAMIC ETHICS OF SEX.
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Kinsey subjects
- Sex ethics. Religious sex ethics. Status of women. Changing role of women Religious attitudes on women.
- ISBN
- 1851684557 (hbk.) 9781851684557 (hbk.) 1851684565 (pbk.) 9781851684564 (pbk.)