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Book Reviews This book, with its fascinating title, is derived from a series of lectures delivered at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London under the auspices of the Cen- tre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (CIMEL), and under the chairmanship of Mai Ya- mani. The series engendered much interest and was a great success. It will be welcomed by not only those who were able to attend the lectures but also by those who were not present. The title may seem, to many, to be almost a contradiction in terms, as Islam is not seen as a religion which affords, or even seeks to afford, equal rights to women in any sense un- derstood by Western ideology. Yet it must not be forgotten that at its inception, Islam was a religion of innovation and which, at the time, greatly improved the status of women within the family and in society in general, by according them rights which previously they did not possess. For example, the shari{a, within this instance its source in the Qut'an itself, requires that women be paid a dowry on marriage over which they alone have control. It also gave http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law Online Brill

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This book, with its fascinating title, is derived from a series of lectures delivered at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London under the auspices of the Cen- tre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (CIMEL), and under the chairmanship of Mai Ya- mani. The series engendered much interest and was a great success. It will be welcomed by not only those who were able to attend the lectures but also by those who were not present. The title may seem, to many, to be almost a contradiction in terms, as Islam is not seen as a religion which affords, or even seeks to afford, equal rights to women in any sense un- derstood by Western ideology. Yet it must not be forgotten that at its inception, Islam was a religion of innovation and which, at the time, greatly improved the status of women within the family and in society in general, by according them rights which previously they did not possess. For example, the shari{a, within this instance its source in the Qut'an itself, requires that women be paid a dowry on marriage over which they alone have control. It also gave

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Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law Online – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1997

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