INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM

Introduction to Islam



Introduction to Islam

Answer 1)

While Islam is frequently perceived as a patriarchal religious system in which women occupy a subservient or secondary role, it is nonetheless true that the basic textual resources, the Qur'n, Hadith, and, in this case, Quranic commentary (tafsi) and Tales of the Prophets qisas al-anbiya are populated with numerous women whose lives and stories are important to Muslims, in general, and Muslim women, in particular.

An introduction sets forth what the author sees as the five most important theses of the book:

The quranic "tales about the women of the sacred past ...