(Paperback)

Many contemporary Muslim family laws rest on patriarchal concepts. The time for change is now.

(Paperback)

Following the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and the re-introduction of Sharica law, women's rights in Iran suffered a setback. Through interviews with clerics in the Iranian religious center of Qom, this book seeks to understand the notions of gender that inform Islamic jurisprudence and to explore how clerics perpetuate and modify these notions.

(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

Taking an inter-disciplinary approach which straddles law, anthropology sociology and women's studies, the author shows how women can turn even the most patriarchal elements of Islamic law to their advantage and achieve their personal marital aims.

(Paperback)

If justice is an intrinsic value in Islam, why have women been treated as second-class citizens in Islamic legal tradition

(Paperback)

Presents exciting new feminist research that challenges gender discrimination and male authority in Islamic legal tradition