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Domestic Violence and the Islamic Tradition

By: Chaudhry, Ayesha
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Language: English

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• A multidisciplinary work that touches on law, religion, politics, and gender studies to explore the issue of domestic violence in Islam
• Explains the struggle to accommodate patriarchal religious traditions within a contemporary egalitarian framework
• Shows how the same scriptural text can be used to make opposing arguments, offering a compelling pedagogical tool to teachers when approaching the Qur'an as scripture

In recent years, discussion regarding the interpretation of the Qur'an has become highly controversial. Especially contentious is passage 4:34, which covers the legitimacy of marital violence and the subjugation of women within Islam. Scholarly opinion on the topic is heavily influenced by contemporary context, so the issue remains largely unsettled. While pre-colonial Islamic jurists permitted the use of violence against women, they still held ethical concerns about the disciplinary privileges of husbands. Consequently, the debate for these early scholars was focussed on the level of violence permitted, and how to apply the three disciplinary steps: admonishment, abandonment, and physical abuse.

Ayesha Chaudhry argues that all living religious traditions are rooted in a patriarchal, social, and historical context, and they need ways to reconcile gender egalitarian values with religious tradition. Post-colonial, modern Islamic scholars that consult the Qu'ran for gender-egalitarian interpretations must confront a difficult and unique debate: equality vs authority. As in many religions, authority is derived from tradition, rebelling from which results in a loss of authority in the eyes of the community.

Chaudhry reveals that Muslims do not speak with one voice about Islam. Instead, Muslim scholarly discourse is spirited and diverse. The voices of contemporary Muslim scholars enrich the scope of the 'Islamic tradition'.

Many recent works on Islam strive to promote a 'public relations' image of Islam. This book deals with ethical problems of domestic violence as discussed in historic and contemporary Islamic religious doctrine. The stakes are high, and very real. The author confronts the significant issue of how modern Muslims can relate to Islamic tradition and the Qur'anic text.

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By:Chaudhry, Ayesha
Language:English
Format:Softcover
Pages: 257 pp
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2015
Dimensions:17 x 24 cm
ISBN-13:9780198766193
Topic:Islamic Legal Studies - Domestic Violence

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Ayesha S. Chaudhry is Rita E. Hauser Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. She is also Associate Professor of Islamic and Gender Studies at the University of British Columbia.

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