ABSTRACT
The academic study of Islam and Gender has flourished over the last decades in general and the last decade or so in particular. A significant component of the literature that this book encompasses challenges the mainstream (neo)-classical approaches to gender issues in Islam. The centre stage in this respect take studies that focus on the question of interpretational methodologies of the Qur’an and Sunna and the various presuppositions they are based on; those that adopt a critical deconstructionist approach to major gender related concepts that have shaped the classical Islamic paradigm. The book aims to capture focuses on the complexities of the lived realities of Muslim men and women, especially how they are often a significant departure from the inherited (neo)-classical paradigm and its patriarchal logic that still commands a significant following and still enjoys hegemonic status among a significant proportion of Muslims today.
