ahmed study questions
Here are a few study questions for Leila Ahmed's "Women and Gender in Islam"-->don't let this limit you; these questions are just to get your started.
1) How does Ahmed explain the historical position of Islam in terms of gender issues? What are the innovations of Islam for relations between men and women, and where does she claim Islam borrows and adapts from other cultures/religions/etc? Why is this important for the study of gender roles in Islam?
2) How does Ahmed study Islamic history from the perspective of women's positions? For example, in what periods does she see things are "better" for women in terms of rights and social priviledges than in other times? What influences these changes in history?
3) What are the modern (i.e last 200 years!) issues around women and Islam? For instance, what were women in the 19th and 20th centuries interested in attaining from their religion and their societies using their religion to legitimate social and legal treatment of women?
1) How does Ahmed explain the historical position of Islam in terms of gender issues? What are the innovations of Islam for relations between men and women, and where does she claim Islam borrows and adapts from other cultures/religions/etc? Why is this important for the study of gender roles in Islam?
2) How does Ahmed study Islamic history from the perspective of women's positions? For example, in what periods does she see things are "better" for women in terms of rights and social priviledges than in other times? What influences these changes in history?
3) What are the modern (i.e last 200 years!) issues around women and Islam? For instance, what were women in the 19th and 20th centuries interested in attaining from their religion and their societies using their religion to legitimate social and legal treatment of women?
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