Study of the Bohra (or Ismailite) community in India.

The book begins with the changing status of Muslim women and goes on to analyse the evolution of shari a the canon law of Islam and its interpretation in today s social context ...

The essays in this volume bring together a rich and scholarly collection of thought and new work linked by a commitment to the preservation and promotion of secularism and ...

Reinterprets divine injunctions from the Quran and traditional practices in Islam in light of the fundamental Islamic values of justice and equality on women's status. This ...

Most of the essays contains in this book were written as an attempt to understand the Qur'an and its values in their true peaceful spirit. These essays do not advocate rigidity ...

Women's issues continue to dominate the Islamic world in particular, as there has been a very gradual change in the status of women in the Islamic world as a whole. This book ...