Women, Faith and Justice: Framing an Islamic Approach to Gender and Development
McDonald, L.Z. and Randeree, Kasim (2012) Women, Faith and Justice: Framing an Islamic Approach to Gender and Development. [Report]
Abstract
To engage fully with this complex discourse, this study engages with several types of source: the key Islamic texts of Qur’an and Prophetic sayings (Ahadith), the associated higher objectives of Islamic law (Maqasid al- Shari’a); the body of scholarship associated with independent scholarly reasoning in Islamic law (ijtihad) and the development of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh); Muslim practice and the intersecting factors that create such diversity including culture, social change and politics; the critiques and questions of scholars and activists consulted during the research process; and the intersection of theology with national and international law, especially the conventions of equality and justice as defined through the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1979.
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