Sexual Violation in Islamic Law

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-107-47606-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 468 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization

Centered on legal discourses of the first six centuries of Islam, this book provides a detailed analysis of Islamic scholarly writings on the topic of rape and argues that classical Islamic jurisprudence contained highly nuanced and substantially divergent doctrines of sexual violation as a punishable crime.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Azam, Hina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamisches Recht
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Islamisches Recht

Über Autor(innen)

Azam, Hina
Hina Azam is an Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas, Austin. She has published articles in the Journal of Law and Religion, the Journal of Middle East Women's Studies, and Comparative Islamic Studies. She has contributed to the edited volumes Feminism, Law, and Religion (2013) and A Jihad for Justice: Honoring the Work and Life of Amina Wadud (2012), as well as to The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Law (forthcoming).