Cultural competence in the care of muslim patients and their ncbi. For instance, search for muslim or islam on amazon, and the array of books that pop up is worrying. List of books and articles about women in islam online. Criticism of islam has existed since islams formative stages. Islam explained tahar ben jelloun, franklin philip on. In an accessible questionandanswer format, islam explained clarifies the main tenets of islam. We have provided good sustenance for them and favored them specially. After a recent talk about isis, an audience member asked will mccants, what can i read to help me not hate islam. As god states in the quran, we have honored the children of adam and carried them by land and sea. I found a translation of this book by chance among other discounted books on. Five books you should read to better understand islam. Human rights in islam stem from two foundational principles. Islam and womens rights overcoming inequality center. This book is a longoverdue reassessment of womens rights in islam which have long been widely misunderstood and misinterpreted.
Muslim women in british india, nevertheless, pressed for their rights independent of. Womens rights in islam regarding marriage and divorce. Although ive studied islam extensively for years and already knew about many of the misconceptions and unjust interpretations of womens rights in islam, i found this book leaving me with many new profound insights. Although the general belief is that islam is very oppressive towards women, some argue that the koran declares that men and women are equal.
Cultural competence in the care of muslim patients and their families. The author, a renowned scholar, has sought to set the record straight by reinterpreting the womens. Womens status in islam has been defined by islamic texts, the koran, and the culture of the muslims. Teachers guide muslims teacher center frontline pbs. Dignity is a fundamental right of every human being merely by virtue of his or her humanity. Islam teaches the importance of both belief and practice. If you regularly visit this site and wish to show your appreciation, or if you wish to see further development of al islam. Another criticism focuses on the question of human rights in the islamic world, both. The fundamentalists, unmindful of the social context in which quranic verses on the subject were written, have tried to portray men as superior human beings to women. Delivering highquality care to patients of the muslim faith requires an.
Classical commentators commonly explained the unequal treatment of testimony by. Yusuf estes and whoever does righteous good deeds, male or female, and is a true believer in the oneness of allah, such will enter paradise. To those with this sincere question, will suggests five books that have helped him better understand islam, from books on muhammad and the quran to rumi and the hebrew bible. The issue of women in islam, is topic of great misunderstanding and distortion due partly to a lack of understanding, but also partly due to misbehavior of some muslims which has been taken to represent the teachings of islam. Contrary to how popular culture portrays muslim womens rights and. The rigid laws of islam have deprived half of the population of their basic human rights. The experiences of muslim women vary widely between and within different societies. Womens rights in islam regarding marriage and divorce mitchell.
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