A LIBERATIVE APPROACH TO ISSUES OF MUSLIM WOMEN IN INDIA

Authors

  • Asghar Ali Engineer Institute of Islamic Studies, Mumbai

Keywords:

Ulama, Qur’an, Shari’ah, Liberation, Muslim women

Abstract

It is a fact that many Muslim women in India lack empowerment and experience grinding poverty, illiteracy, and various restrictions imposed on them by their parents and husbands in their everyday life. When I deliver lectures on rights of women in Islam, participants invariably ask me about the actual plight of women in Muslim society today. I have to offer a lot of explanation as to the reasons of their sad plight. There are certain factors for which Muslims cannot be blamed like poverty. There are, however, certain other factors for which Muslims have to own responsibility like imposing restrictions exclusively upon women, which have nothing to do with Islam. These restrictions are rooted more in social customs and traditions of the past but legitimised in the name of Shari’ah.

Author Biography

Asghar Ali Engineer, Institute of Islamic Studies, Mumbai

Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer, a renowned Islamic scholar and a noted modern writer on themes related to religious and social life of the Muslim society, is the director of the Institute of Islamic Studies, Mumbai and editor of Islam and Modern Age. He is deeply involved in bridging the gap between tradition and modernity within the contemporary Muslim society as well as between Islam and other religions.

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Published

2009-03-31

How to Cite

Engineer, A. A. (2009). A LIBERATIVE APPROACH TO ISSUES OF MUSLIM WOMEN IN INDIA. Journal of Dharma, 34(1), 97–106. Retrieved from https://dvkjournals.in/index.php/jd/article/view/456

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 1 (2009): Journal of Dharma

Section

Articles