Women Between The Tyranny of the Western System And the Mercy of the Islamic Law

Despite increasing awareness of Islam throughout the Westernworld, there continues to be a prevailing belief among Westerners that Muslim women enjoy few, if any, genuine rights, and that whatever rights they do enjoy are the result of Western influence on the Islamic world.

In: Women Between theTyranny of the Western System and the Mercy of the Islamic Law, Dr. al-Būti details women's rights and freedoms as provided for by Islam in the professional, social, political, religious, academic and cultural spheres.

In addition, he deals in careful detail with specific questions revolving around issues suchas the Qur'anic teaching on males' and females' inheritance, polygamy,husbands' treatment of their wives, divorce and the "veil". In so doing, the author presents us with a well-documented, forthright study capable of providing people in Western societies with a more accurate understanding of Islamic teachings as they pertain to women and their roles in society.