Gender and equality in Muslim family law : justice and ethics in the Islamic legal tradition / edited by Ziba Mir-Hosseini ... [et al.].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Muslim family law and the question of equality / Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Kari Vogt, Lena Larsen and Christian Moe -- Justice, equality and Muslim family laws : new ideas, new prospects / Ziba Mir-Hosseini -- Qiw塭a in Egyptian family laws :'wifely obedience' between legal texts, courtroom practices and realities of marriages / Mulki Al-Sharmani -- Egyptian women's rights NGOs : personal status law reform between Islamic and international human rights law / Marwa Sharafeldin -- The religious arguments in the debate on the reform of the Moroccan family code / A詣ha El Hajjami -- From local to global : sisters in Islam and the making of Musawah : a global movement for equality in the Muslim family / Zainah Anwar -- Gender equality and the doctrine of Wil塹a / Muhammad Kahlid Masud -- The status of women between the Qur'an and Fiqh / Nasr Abu-Zayd -- Gender equality and the hadith of the prophet Mohammad : reinterpreting the concept of Ma財m and Qiw塭a / Faqihuddin Abdul Kodir -- Rethinking men's authority over women : Qiw塭a, Wil塹a, and their underlying assumptions / Hassan Yousefi Eshkevari -- Revisiting women's rights in Islam :'egalitarian justice' in lieu of'deserts-based justice' / Mohsen Kadivar -- The paradox of equality and the politics of difference : gender equality, Islamic law and the modern Muslim state / Anver M. Emon.