The Veil And The Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation Of Women's Rights In Islam
Convinced that the veil is a symbol of unjust male authority over women, in The Veil and the Male Elite, Moroccan feminist Fatima Mernissi aims to investigate the origins of the practice in the first Islamic community.
Convinced that the veil is a symbol of unjust male authority over women, in The Veil and the Male Elite, Moroccan feminist Fatima Mernissi aims to investigate the origins of the practice in the first Islamic community.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780201632217 (0201632217)
Publish date: December 21st 1992
Publisher: Basic Books
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Mernissi’s book is a history of Islam and the introduction of the veil. She draws upon Islamic scholar, to prove her thesis that the veil is social construct more than a religious must. Her chapter about the hiqab is game changing. In part, her thesis is that the Prophet was too pr...
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