Empowerment of women: an analytical study from the Islamic perspective
Every culture and society accords women a particular position. In most cases, woman stand divided. However, Islam has placed woman relatively dignified place, which guarantees her respectable life. This paper will explore (a) the position of the woman in the Qur'an and Prophetic tradition (b) t...
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| author | Ali, Muhammad Mumtaz Solihin, Sohirin Mohammad Haque, Muhammad Faizul |
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| description | Every culture and society accords women a particular position. In most cases, woman stand divided. However, Islam has placed woman relatively dignified place, which guarantees her respectable life. This paper will explore (a) the position of the woman in the Qur'an and Prophetic tradition (b) the main obstacle that exists in empowering women, which prevents them from having dignified life. (c) current situation of empowering of women. The present paper will adopt analytical approach under which, the most relevant data from the Qur'an and the Sunnah will be gathered and analyzed. The jurisprudential views of some scholars will also be analyzed, with a view to providing solution to overcome problems related to women empowerment especially in the area of education, equality and freedom for employment.
Keywords: Women-Empowerment, Analysis, Quranic perspectives, Prophetic Tradition |
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| spelling | iium-704232019-07-12T08:33:53Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/70423/ Empowerment of women: an analytical study from the Islamic perspective Ali, Muhammad Mumtaz Solihin, Sohirin Mohammad Haque, Muhammad Faizul BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc BP173.44 Human Rights In Islam Every culture and society accords women a particular position. In most cases, woman stand divided. However, Islam has placed woman relatively dignified place, which guarantees her respectable life. This paper will explore (a) the position of the woman in the Qur'an and Prophetic tradition (b) the main obstacle that exists in empowering women, which prevents them from having dignified life. (c) current situation of empowering of women. The present paper will adopt analytical approach under which, the most relevant data from the Qur'an and the Sunnah will be gathered and analyzed. The jurisprudential views of some scholars will also be analyzed, with a view to providing solution to overcome problems related to women empowerment especially in the area of education, equality and freedom for employment. Keywords: Women-Empowerment, Analysis, Quranic perspectives, Prophetic Tradition The Islamic Cultural Center, London 2018-12-30 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/70423/1/Empowerment%20of%20Women%20-An%20Analytical%20Study%20from%20the%20Islamic%20Perspective%20%283%29.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/70423/6/70423_Empowerment%20of%20women_scopus.pdf Ali, Muhammad Mumtaz and Solihin, Sohirin Mohammad and Haque, Muhammad Faizul (2018) Empowerment of women: an analytical study from the Islamic perspective. The Islamic Quarterly, 62 (2). pp. 303-334. ISSN 0021-1842 |
| spellingShingle | BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc BP173.44 Human Rights In Islam Ali, Muhammad Mumtaz Solihin, Sohirin Mohammad Haque, Muhammad Faizul Empowerment of women: an analytical study from the Islamic perspective |
| title | Empowerment of women: an analytical study from the Islamic perspective |
| title_full | Empowerment of women: an analytical study from the Islamic perspective |
| title_fullStr | Empowerment of women: an analytical study from the Islamic perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Empowerment of women: an analytical study from the Islamic perspective |
| title_short | Empowerment of women: an analytical study from the Islamic perspective |
| title_sort | empowerment of women: an analytical study from the islamic perspective |
| topic | BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc BP173.44 Human Rights In Islam |
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