Islam, Women and Gender Justice [Hardcover]

The Muslim women in India Face a host of problems. It is generally believed that these women face only of Legal Nature and that if Muslim Personal Law is reformed, i.e., triple divorce and polygamy abolished, everything will be all right for them. It is far from true. These women face several problems such as complex problems apart from legal ones. They also face economic, educational, communal problems as well as related to health. It is very important to understand all these problems in order to appreciate Muslim women's problems.Recently an all-India seminar was held in Mumbai in which subject experts, scholars and activists from different Fields were invited to present their papers and discuss various problems. These papers throw light on all these aspects by scholars and activists of repute in their respective fields have been collected in this volume and edited by Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer, himself an expert in shari’ah matters and an activist for the cause of the rights of Muslim women. In order to understand the problems of Muslim women both for academics as well as activists, this volume is an essential reading. These papers discuss not only mere theoretical and Academic issues but also the Concrete problems and what could be done to solve these. Thus this volume will serve a very useful purpose for an Integrated understanding of problems which arc being faced by Muslim women in India. Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer is a renowned scholar and Islamic theologian. He has written more than 40 books on Islam and communal and ethnic problems in India. He is a champion of inter-faith and communal harmony and has received several awards for his studies in these fields. He was awarded D. Litt by Calcutta University for his work on communal harmony and was recipient of the first award on communal harmony, given by Foundation for Communal Harmony, set up by the Government of India. Recently, he was also awarded Hakim Khan Sur National Integration Award by Maharana of Udaipur. He is an ardent supporter of reforms in his own Bohra Muslim community for which he has suffered a lot. He is a rare combination of intellectual achievements and activism, academic excellence and commitment to action with conviction. Contents:- Preface • Introduction • List of Contributors • Islam, Women and Gender Justice • Should the Muslim Practice of Triple Divorce be Banned: Pros and Cons • The Discourse Around Muslim Personal Law • Legal Rights of Maintenance and Guardianship of Muslim Women • Post-Divorce Problems and Social Support: A Study of Muslim Divorced Women of Maharashtra • Polygyny and Divorce in Muslim Society–Controversy and Reality. • Mobilisation of Muslim Women for Gender Justice • Divorce and Remarriage Among Muslims of Mumbai • Muslim Women and the Law • Women's Presence in the Mosque: A Viewpoints • Women and the Tablighi Jama 'at • Gender and Reproductive Behaviour: A Comparative Study of Two Religious Communities in Delhi Slum • Relative Economic and Social Deprivation in India • Economic Problems of Muslim, Women in India • Bandheriya of jaipur: A Study of Muslim Home Based Women Workers • Vocational Training of Muslim women in Maharashtra to Solve Economic Problems • Education Among Varanasi Muslims: A Study in the Perspective of National Integration • The Problems of Muslim Women in India with Special Focus on Kashmiri Women • Index The Title 'Islam, Women and Gender Justice written/authored/edited by Asghar Ali Engineer', published in the year 2001. The ISBN 9788121207553 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 370 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Women Studies. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-