The Qurʼan, women, and modern society - Engineer, Asghar Ali, 1939-2013. (New Delhi : Sterling Publishers, 1999)
Machine generated contents note: 1. Tashri' (process of law making) in Islam -- 2 Women under the authority of Islam -- 3. The Qur'an, male ego and wife-beating -- 4. Muslim women the veil and the Qur'an -- 5. Is woman a half witness according to the Qur'an? -- 6. Islam and polygamy -- 7. Divorce in the Qur'an and the Shari'ah -- 8. Islam and family planning -- 9. Muslim personal law reform in Jordan -- 10. Islam and liberal reforms in Egypt -- 11. Rabi'a Basri: A mystic woman par excellence -- 12. Maulana 'Umar Ahmad 'Usmani and -- women's rights -- 13. Maulvi Mumtaz Ali Khan-An advocate of -- women's rights in Islam -- 14. Sir Syed and the concept of women's rights -- 15. Muslim family law-some misunderstood -- aspects explained -- 16. What was the role of Muslim women outside -- home in early Islam? -- Appendix -- Index.
Includes index.
Keywords: Muslim women -- Islamic countries; Women's rights -- Islamic countries -- Social conditions; Women's rights -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Women (Islamic law) -- Islamic countries