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  title info:
    title: No Truth Without Beauty
    sub title: God, the Qur'an, and Women's Rights
  name:
    name part: El-Ali, Leena.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
    role:
      role term: aut
    role:
      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: sz
    date issued: 2022
    edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (XXXIII, 306 pages)
  abstract: In this comprehensive open access book, written for readers from any or no religious background, Leena El-Ali does something remarkable. Never before has anyone taken on every last claim relating to Islam and women and countered it not just with Qur'anic evidence to the contrary, but with easy-to-use tools available to all. How can a woman's testimony be worth half of a man's? How can men divorce their wives unilaterally by uttering three words? And what's with the obsession with virgins in Paradise? Find the chapter on any of the seventeen topics in this book, and you will quickly learn a) where the myth came from and b) how to bust it. The methodology pursued is simple. First, the Qur'an is given priority over all other literary or "scriptural" sources. Second, the meaning of its verses in the original Arabic is highlighted, in contrast to English translations and/or widespread misunderstanding or misinterpretation.
  table of contents: Part I First the Qur'an, then Islam -- 1. A Spiritual Journey -- 2. Hadith Corpus -- 3. Hadith Content -- 4. Women and the Development of hadith Literature -- AT A GLANCE: First the Qur'an, then Islam -- Part II The Nature of Women -- 5. Women Were Not Created of Inferior Celestial Material -- 6. Eve Is Not Blamed for the Fall from Eden, Nor Are Women Guilty by Association -- 7. Women Are Not a Constant Source of Social Discord - Nor Naturally Conniving! -- 8. Women Were Created with the Exact Same Spiritual and Intellectual Capacity as Men, So of Course They Can Lead -- 9. When Men Deprive Women of Their Free Will, They Are Not Protecting Anyone: They Are Obstructing God's Plan -- 10. God Does Not Prefer Sons Over Daughters (!) -- AT A GLANCE: The Nature of Women -- Part III The Rights of Women -- 11. Women Were Not Meant to Be Subordinate to Men -- 12. Inheritance: No, Women Did Not Get the Short End of the Stick -- 13. Nuptials: Women Do Have the Right to Choose Their Own Spouse, and How the Qur'anic Nuptial Agreement Advocates for the Bride -- 14. Marriage: A Sublime Institution, Not Mere Social Contract -- 15. Divorce: Men Do Not Hold all the Cards - The Qur'an Actually Levels the Playing Field Through Mandated Process and Etiquette -- AT A GLANCE: The Rights of Women -- Part IV Some Inconvenient Truths -- 16. Clothing: There Is No Dress Code for Women Beyond Covering their Private Parts, as with Men -- 17. Segregation: There Is No Restriction on Men and Women Mingling -- 18. Witnesses: A Woman's Testimony Is Worth the Same as a Man's, Except in Two Cases Where It May Count for More or Less -- AT A GLANCE: Some Inconvenient Truths -- Part V Carnal Matters -- 19. Sexual Misconduct: What the Qur'an Tells Us About Pre-marital vs Extra-Marital Sex -- 20. Domestic Violence: The Qur'an Does Not Instruct Husbands to Hit Their Wives for "Disobedience" or Anything Else -- 21. Virgins: There Are No 72 Virgins Waiting for Anyone in Paradise -- AT A GLANCE: Carnal Matters.
  note: by Leena El-Ali.
  note: Open Access
  subject:
    topic: Islam-Doctrines
  subject:
    topic: Cultural studies
  subject:
    topic: Social sciences-Philosophy
  subject:
    topic: Ethnology-Middle East
  subject:
    topic: Middle East-Politics and government
  subject:
    topic: Islam
  subject:
    topic: Islamic Theology
  subject:
    topic: Cultural Studies
  subject:
    topic: Social Philosophy
  subject:
    topic: Middle Eastern Culture
  subject:
    topic: Middle Eastern Politics
  subject:
    topic: Islam
  classification: BP165.5-166.94
  classification: 297.2
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer Nature eBook
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Sustainable Development Goals Series
  identifier: 9783030835828
  identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83582-8
  access condition: Open Access
  record info:
    record creation date: 211201
    record change date: 20230829020258.6
    record identifier: in00004411510