Women and Islam in Bangladesh (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333749593)

This work of research by Taj Hashmi puts the issue of women's position in society in historical as well as Islamic perspectives to relate it to the objective conditions in Bangladesh. In eight illuminating chapters, he narrates how Quranic edicts about women have through the ages been misinterpreted by the power elites and the mullahs to suppress women. Even NGOs are not immune from exploiting them. Hope, according to the author, lies in the literacy and economic self-reliance of the Bangladeshi women.

Author: T. Hashmi
ISBN-10: 0333749596
ISBN-13: 9780333749593
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 03/10/2000
Pages: 254
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d