Women and Islam in Bangladesh

By Taj Ul-Islam Hashmi

This work of research by Taj Hashmi puts the issue of women's position in society in historical as well as Islamic perspectives to relate it to the objective conditions in Bangladesh. In eight illuminating chapters, he narrates how Quranic edicts about women have through the ages been misinterpreted by the power elites and the mullahs to suppress women. Even NGOs are not immune from exploiting them. Hope, according to the author, lies in the literacy and economic self-reliance of the Bangladeshi women.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333749596
• ISBN13: 9780333749593
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"