Muslim Woman's Participation in Professional, Social and Political Life [Paperback]

The emancipation of women cannot be complete unless it is coupled with the emancipation of men. This can only be accomplished by drawing our social values from the Quran and the sunnah. In this volume, the author shows that mixed social life was the pattern in the early Muslim society established by the Prophet. This author's study of authentic sayings of the Prophet Muhammad will illustrate the status of the Muslim woman that is greatly different from what is assumed in most Muslim societies today.TRAdil Salahi is a scholar, author and translator, who has written or translated into English various books on Islam. After working for the BBC Arabic Service for several years, he worked for the Arabic daily, al-Sharq al-Awsat. He continues to publish many Articles in various Publications including , Arab News, a an English daily published in Saudi Arabia. Adil Salahi taught at the Markfield Institute of Higher Education, Leicester, England. His popular biography of the Prophet, Muhammad: Man and Prophet, is widely respected and has been translated into multiple languages.The Prophet established complete equality between men and women, with both having their respective special functions. This volume draws the features of the Muslim Woman in everyday social life in accordance to the Quran and Sunnah drawing upon specific examples of incidents as well as different prominent female figures in Islam during the Prophets lifetime. It shows that much of what we imagine to be Islamic rules are no more than social or cultural tradition.Chapter One: Women in Professional Work
i) Aspects Relating to Womens Professional Work in Modern Society
ii) Islamic Principles Relevant to Womens Work in Our Times
Chapter Two: Womens Participation in Social Activity
i) Womens Social Role in Contemporary Society
ii) Social Work in Modern Society
iii) Islamic Principles Relevant to Womens Social Work in Our Times
Chapter Three: Political Participation by Muslim Women