Views on womanhood : a translation and reading of Mustafa Sabri efendi's (d. 1373/1954) "Qawli fi'l-Mar'a"

Efendi's, Mustafa Sabri

Views on womanhood : a translation and reading of Mustafa Sabri efendi's (d. 1373/1954) "Qawli fi'l-Mar'a" by Mustafa Sabri - London : Muntaha Press, ©2024 - vii, 136 p. ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

1. Translators preface 2. A word on transliteration 3. Introduction 4. The basis of polygamy 5. On unveling & veiling 6. Unveiling & libertinism

"How did the final generation of Ottoman Muslim scholarship see the revolution in public morals taking place in their society? In this book, as deeply resonant with Muslims of today as it was for those of his own time, the Ottoman Shaykh al-Islam Mustafa Sabri Efendi offers a cutting and farsighted critique of the spread of Western gender norms in Muslim societies. From the pinnacle of Islamic scholarship, Shaykh Sabri deconstructs the errors of modernist opposition to the hallmarks of traditional Muslim society, such as polygamy, gender segregation, and modest dress"--

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