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Drawing on both religious and secular sources, this challenging book argues that divinely ordained law is frequently misinterpreted by Muslim authorities at the expense of certain groups, including women. Khaled Abou El Fadl cites a series of injustices in Islamic society and ultimately proposes a return to the original ethics at the heart of the Muslim legal system.
Khaled Abou E1-Fadl studied Islamic Law in Egypt and Kuwait, and has from Pennsylvania, Yale and Princeton. Currently Professor of Law at UCLA, he has served on a variety of committees for Human Rights, and has published several books and numerous articles.
1. Induction 92. The authoritative 93. A Summary transition 864. The text and authority 965. The construction of the authoritarian 1416. The anatomy of authoritarian discourses 1707. Faith-based assumptions and determinations demeaning to women. Conclusion: resisting the authoritarian while searching for the moral 264