Shame, Modesty, and Honor in Islam

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This book examines various conceptions of hay, or feelings of shame, modesty and honor in Islam, and the practices associated with this concept in both Muslim majority and minority contexts. With a particular emphasis on definitions, continuities, changes, and transformations, this book discusses the historical role and function of hay in Islamic theology and law, as well as contemporary Muslims engagements with the concept. It argues that hay or modesty is the result of social constructions in which ideas, objects and practices interact in different social and cultural contexts. This book approaches conceptions of hay as constructed and re-produced, through long processes in which the naming, the idea, and the meanings of hay are continuously reconfigured and adjusted across different regions. The volume demonstrates that the concept of hay has undergone profound transformations temporally and spatially. By doing so, it contributes to our understanding of the human and social mechanisms by which we conceive and see the phenomenon that is hay.

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Ayang Utriza Yakin is a guest lecturer in Islamic law and research associate at UCLouvain, Belgium, and a postdoctoral researcher at Sciences Po Bordeaux, France. Adis Duderija is Senior Lecturer in Islam and Society and Senior Fellow at the Centre for Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue at Griffith University, Australia. An Van Raemdonck is a postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University, Belgium.