: Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence
\ Kecia Ali
Expanded & Revised Edition
Oxford, England
: Oneworld Publications
, 2016
xxxvii, 280 p.
Index
Bibliography
Front Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Book Epigraph; Contents; Acknowledgements; Acknowledgements for the 2016 edition; Note on texts, translation, and transliteration; Preface to the 2016 edition; Introduction; 1. Marriage, Money, and Sex; And according to what they spend from their wealth ... ; Sex; Intermarriage; Conclusion; Coda 1; 2. Lesser Evils: Divorce in Islamic Ethics; Untying the knot; Extreme circumstances; Prospects for reform; Conclusion; Coda 2; 3. "What your right hands possess": Slave Concubinage in Muslim Texts and Discourses. Islam and slavery: overview of sources and historyWomen, war captives, and withdrawal; Conclusion; Coda 3; 4. Prohibited Acts and Forbidden Partners: Illicit Sex in IslamicJ urisprudence; Protecting chastity: the classical texts; Paternity, legal fictions, and non-marital sex in contemporary Muslim thought; Conclusion; Coda 4; 5. Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Same-Sex Intimacy in Muslim Thought; History; Don't ask, don't tell; Same-sex marriage; Conclusion; Coda 5; 6. "Reduce but do not destroy": Female "Circumcision" in Islamic Sources; Islamic or un-Islamic?; "Reduce but do not destroy." ConclusionCoda 6; 7. "If you have touched women": Female Bodies and Male Agency in the Qur'an; To whom am I speaking?; A difficult verse; Garments for one another; Conclusion; Coda 7; 8. The Prophet Muhammad, his Beloved Aishah, and Modern Muslim Sensibilities; Apologetics and Polemics; Searching for solace; Conclusion; Coda 8; 9. Toward an Islamic Ethics of Sex; Afterword to the 2016 edition; Notes; Notes to Preface; Notes to Introduction; Notes to Chapter 1; Notes to Chapter 2; Notes to Chapter 3; Notes to Chapter 4; Notes to Chapter 5; Notes to Chapter 6; Notes to Chapter 7. Notes to Chapter 8Notes to Chapter 9; Notes to Afterword; Bibliography; Index.