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Requirement of Justice in Women’s Rights Requirement of Justice in Women’s Rights
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The Evolution of the Approach of Human Reason in the Arena of Women’s Rights The Evolution of the Approach of Human Reason in the Arena of Women’s Rights
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Factors in the Development of Women’s Rights Factors in the Development of Women’s Rights
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Two Different Perspectives on Women in Islamic Texts Two Different Perspectives on Women in Islamic Texts
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Section One: Women’s Civil Rights Section One: Women’s Civil Rights
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Section Two: Women’s Criminal Law Section Two: Women’s Criminal Law
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Section Three: Women’s Political Rights Section Three: Women’s Political Rights
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Three Conditions for Permanent Shari‘a Rulings Three Conditions for Permanent Shari‘a Rulings
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Questions and Answers Questions and Answers
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Epilogue Epilogue
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10 Reformist Islam and Women’s Rights
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Published:September 2020
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Abstract
This chapter critically analyses the challenges of traditional Islam in addressing the notion of human rights as it relates to women’s issues, and provides a solution using Quranic teachings. It starts with requirement of justice in women’s rights, and continues with the evolution of the approach of human reason in the arena of women’s rights and factors in the development of women’s rights. The chapter compares two different perspectives on women in Islamic texts: one view is more Qur’anic: woman is a different kind of human but she stands alongside man. No inferior characteristics are seen in this first view. The second view is more a view from the standpoint of fiqh. This viewpoint paints an inferior, a second-class person, vulnerable and needy picture of women who need the protection of men. The chapter addresses some of these rulings that consider women as an inferior creature, in three brief sections: Women’s Civil Rights, Women’s Criminal Law, and Women’s Political Rights. The chapter ends with the discussion of conditions for permanent Shari‘a rulings. Immoral, unjust, unreasonable or less functional rulings related to women in Islam cannot be accepted as a shari‘a ruling or an Islamic teaching.
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