NMC103H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Female Genital Mutilation, Fiqh, Boko Haram
15 Dec 2015
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Within muslim societies, historically a wide range of opinion, practice. Basis of traditional society the extended, patriarchal family. Repositories of the family"s honor importance of virginity, chastity. Measures taken to control women: physical immobilization the harem, psychological conditioning. Conventional wisdom-islam improved status of women in arab bedouin society. Muhammad against infanticide female children had been buried alive. Yet second-class status reinforced by islamic law. Terms for veil/veiling: hijab, chador, purda, niqab. Current practice must be seen in cultural and environmental context. Q 4: nisa": rules regarding male/female relationships. Q 19: maryam: episodes from mary"s life up to the birth of jesus. Many other references to women, but women are unnamed. References in qur"an fall into 3 broad categories. Wives of the prophet and some unnamed women of mecca & medina. Women in general as objects of qur"anic norms regarding gender roles, inheritance family relations, public & private conduct, dress code, etc.
