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Women in Islam
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Women as Commodities in Islam: Instruments of Male Pleasure, Reproduction, and Obedience
An evidence-based examination of how the Quran, hadith, classical Islamic scholarship, and Sharia rulings portray women as instruments of male pleasure, reproduction, and obedience, undermining female autonomy, sexual…
Female Circumcision in Islam: Sexual Control, Genital Mutilation, and Patriarchal Religious Authority
An evidence-based examination of female genital mutilation in Islam, exploring its foundations in hadith, classical Islamic jurisprudence, and religious fatwas. The article exposes how female circumcision has been…
Marital Rape in Islam: Sexual Consent and Husbands’ Rights Under Sharia
Does Islamic Sharia recognize a wife's right to refuse sex? An evidence-based examination of Quranic interpretations, hadith, classical Islamic jurisprudence, and contemporary fatwas reveals how marital sexual access…
Post-Divorce Maintenance in Islam: Male Authority and Economic Inequality
Islamic jurisprudence ties divorced women’s maintenance and housing to the type of divorce, the waiting period and pregnancy. How far do these rules recognise years of unpaid labour,…