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Author Chaudhry, Ayesha S.

Title Domestic violence and the Islamic tradition : ethics, law and the Muslim discourse on gender / Ayesha S. Chaudhry.

Publication Info. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013.

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (xii, 258 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Oxford Islamic legal studies
Oxford Islamic legal studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-247) and index.
Contents Introduction -- I. Historical roots of a contemporary debate. 1. The multiple contexts of Q. 4:34 -- 2. The ethics of wife-beating -- 3. The legal boundaries of marital discipline -- II. Restoring authority in the living community. 4. Asserting authority, enriching tradition -- 5. Submissive texts and idealized cosmologies -- Conclusion.
Summary This book examines the challenges and resources that the Islamic tradition offers to Muslim scholars who seek to address this dilemma. This is achieved through extensive study of the intellectual history of a Qur'anic verse that has become especially contentious in the modern period: Chapter 4, Verse 34 (Q. 4:34) which can be read to permit the physical disciplining of disobedient wives at the hands of their husbands. Though this verse has been used by historical and contemporary Muslim scholars in multiple ways to justify the right of husbands to physically discipline their wives, progressive and reformist Muslim scholars and activists offer alternative and non-violent readings of the verse. The diverse and divergent interpretations of Q. 4:34 showcases the pivotal role of the reader in shaping the meaning and implications of scriptural texts. This book investigates the sophisticated and creative interpretive approaches to Q. 4:34, tracing the intellectual history of Muslim scholarship on this verse from the ninth century to the present day. Ayesha S. Chaudhry examines the spirited and diverse, and at times contradictory, readings of this verse to reveal how Muslims relate to their inherited tradition and the Qur'anic text.--Provided by publisher.
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Subject Qurʼan -- Evidences, authority, etc.
Qurʼan.
Qurʼan.
Family violence (Islamic law)
Family violence (Islamic law)
Women (Islamic law)
Islamic ethics.
Women (Islamic law)
Islamic ethics.
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Authority -- Religious aspects.
Women.
Domestic violence.
Islam.
Koran.
Islamic law.
Family law.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Chaudhry, Ayesha S. Domestic violence and the Islamic tradition. 1st ed. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013 0199640165 (DLC) 2013947083 (OCoLC)850182206
ISBN 9780191669897 (electronic book)
019166989X (electronic book)
0199640165
9780199640164