The veil and the male elite [electronic resource]: a feminist interpretation of women's rights in Islam

Convinced That The Veil Is A Symbol Of Unjust Male Authority Over Women, In The Veil And The Male Elite, Moroccan Feminist Fatima Mernissi Aims To Investigate The Origins Of The Practice In The First Islamic Community. Preface To The English Edition -- Introduction -- Part One. Sacred Text As Political Weapon. The Muslim And Time -- The Prophet And Hadith -- A Tradition Of Misogyny (1) -- A Tradition Of Misogyny (2) -- Part Two. Medina In Revolution : The Three Fateful Years. The Hijab, The Veil -- The Prophet And Space -- The Prophet And Women -- 'umar And The Men Of Medina -- The Prophet As Military Leader -- The Hijab Descends On Medina -- Conclusion. Fatima Mernissi ; Translated By Mary Jo Lakeland. Translation Of: Le Harem Politique. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 217-222) And Index. Frontmatter Preface to the English Edition (page vi) Acknowledgments (page x) Map of Arabia at the Time of the Hejira (page xii) Introduction (page I) PART 1 Sacred Text as Political Weapon 1 The Muslim and Time (page 15) 2 The Prophet and Hadith (page 25) 3 A Tradition of Misogyny (1) (page 49) 4 A Tradition of Misogyny (2) (page 62) PART II Medina in Revolution: The Three Fateful Years 5 THe Hijab, the Veil (page 85) 6 The Prophet and Space (page 102) 7 The Prophet and Women (page 115) 8 'Umar and the Men of Medina (page 141) 9 The Prophet as Military Leader (page 161) 10 The Hijab Descends on Medina (page 180) Conclusion (page 189) Notes (page 196) APPENDICES Appendix 1 Sources (page 217) Appendix 2 Chronology (page 223) Index (page 227) 'Fatima Mernissi has more ideas per book than any other thinker in the Middle East. Her later works increasingly integrate her brilliant ideas into sustained and compelling discourse that is very much worthy of attention.'Laurence O. Michalak Muslims suffer from a mal du present just as the vouth of Romantic Europe suffered from a mal du siecle.