In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Ever Merciful

Renaissance
CONTENTS
February 2005
Vol. 15  No. 2

Editorial
Islam and Women

Shehzad Saleem

Feature Article

Islam and Women: Misconceptions and Misperceptions 

Shehzad Saleem

1. The Testimony of Women

2. Women are less Sensible than Men

3. The Diyat of Women

4. Women must travel with a Mahram

5. Women can’t become Heads of State

6. Men are Superior to Women

7. Female Circumcision

8. Mahr: the Price of owning a Wife

9. Women Outnumbering Men in Hell

10. Sex with Female War Captives

11. Prohibition of Plucking Facial Hair

12. Going out without the Husband’s Permission

13. ‘Iddat Restrictions

14. Marriage with Minor Girls

15. Refusing Sex to the Husband

16. The Right to Beat Wives

17. The Daughter’s Share in Inheritance

18. Polygamy

19. Marriage with the People of the Book

20. The Issue of Wali (Guardian) in Marriage

21. Three Divorce Declarations

22. The Issue of Halalah

23. Sexual Intimacy

24. Misinterpretation of some verses of Surah Ahzab

i. Women must cover their faces and wear large cloaks (jilbabs) when they go out of their houses.

ii. Women should primarily be confined to their homes.

iii. Women must not speak in a polite tone with strangers.

iv. Women should be kept secluded except from their immediate relatives.

25. Questions regarding Marriages of the Prophet (sws)

i. Why was the Prophet (sws) allowed to more than four wives?

ii. Why did the Prophet (sws) marry the wife of his adopted son?

iii. Why did not the Prophet (sws) marry his slave girl: Maria the Coptic?

 

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