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| Author | Asma Barlas |
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| Publisher | University of Texas Press |
| Pages | 352 |
| ISBN | 9781477315927 |
| Website | https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477315927/believing-women-in-islam/ |
"Believing Women" in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an is a 2002 book by Asma Barlas, published by the University of Texas Press. According to Barlas, the Qur'an does not support patriarchy and modern day Muslims were not properly interpreting the text.[1] She argues that the Qur'an supports equal spousal and marital rights and does not differentiate among sex and gender. Barlas attributes incorrect interpretations of the Qur'an to the hadith, shariah, and sunnah.[2] Barlas stated that men were mostly the ones who had developed shariah.[3]
- ^ Smith, Jane, p. 481. "The argument of her book, however, which is to refute the claim that the Qur'an in any way supports patriarchy, is based on her insistence that contemporary Muslims must take responsibility for the recovery of the true and proper meaning of the sacred text. That Muslims have not determined criteria for generating a "textually legitimate reading of the Qur'an" she identifies as both a hermeneutical and theological failure."
- ^ Craft.
- ^ Sardar, p. 51.