Women and Islam
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9788185107714 (8185107718)
Publish date: January 1st 2002
Publisher: South Asia Books
Pages no: 300
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...