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Daughters of Eve: Islam and Female Emancipation
It is amazing, the true story of female emancipation. Unknown to most people, about 1400 years ago, the first enduring stand for female rights was taken in Madinah.
A historical unveiling with poetical inspiration, this book artfully narrates a brief comparative analysis about the status of women through the three ages of the world:
■ Women in the ancient age (pre 7th century CE)
■ Women in the Islamic age (7th-18th century CE approximately)
■ Women in the modern age.
This book succinctly establishes how female conditions changed from ancient past to the modern times—it narrates what were the issues women have faced in the past, and what they are still facing in modernity. It discusses topics like why the Prophet married a number of times, the contributions of Muslim female scholars, and towards the end of the book, it clarifies some of the common misconceptions about Islamic injunctions regarding women.
A historical unveiling with poetical inspiration, this book artfully narrates a brief comparative analysis about the status of women through the three ages of the world:
■ Women in the ancient age (pre 7th century CE)
■ Women in the Islamic age (7th-18th century CE approximately)
■ Women in the modern age.
This book succinctly establishes how female conditions changed from ancient past to the modern times—it narrates what were the issues women have faced in the past, and what they are still facing in modernity. It discusses topics like why the Prophet married a number of times, the contributions of Muslim female scholars, and towards the end of the book, it clarifies some of the common misconceptions about Islamic injunctions regarding women.
242 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2020
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February 14, 2025
Absolutely horrendous.
This entire book should be read in the tone of a masjid uncle who has been given the microphone and allowed to pontificate endlessly.
The author should be hunted down and bludgeoned with the weight of his own ignorance, condescension, and stupidity. The publisher should be banned from ever publishing anything ever again. There was very obviously no editor involved, as there were multiple grammatical and other errors throughout the entire book.
The author attempts to address multiple #IslamAndWomen topics, but demonstrates his own lack of knowledge and in-depth research; he has only a surface level awareness of ANY topic he brings up. It's even more unfortunate that at times, he brings up half a valid point, only to veer off wildly on terrible directions. He also doesn't know how to provide academic citations.
He attempts to address abuse, cultural double standards etc towards women, yet manages to make things exponentially worse and express wildly problematic sentiments even as he tries to position himself as supporting women/ women's rights.
I bought this book bc of the title and how pretty the cover was. Don't be dumb like me. Save yourself from the money, the aneurysms this book will cause, and the active loss of your brain cells.
This entire book should be read in the tone of a masjid uncle who has been given the microphone and allowed to pontificate endlessly.
The author should be hunted down and bludgeoned with the weight of his own ignorance, condescension, and stupidity. The publisher should be banned from ever publishing anything ever again. There was very obviously no editor involved, as there were multiple grammatical and other errors throughout the entire book.
The author attempts to address multiple #IslamAndWomen topics, but demonstrates his own lack of knowledge and in-depth research; he has only a surface level awareness of ANY topic he brings up. It's even more unfortunate that at times, he brings up half a valid point, only to veer off wildly on terrible directions. He also doesn't know how to provide academic citations.
He attempts to address abuse, cultural double standards etc towards women, yet manages to make things exponentially worse and express wildly problematic sentiments even as he tries to position himself as supporting women/ women's rights.
I bought this book bc of the title and how pretty the cover was. Don't be dumb like me. Save yourself from the money, the aneurysms this book will cause, and the active loss of your brain cells.
November 16, 2021
I enjoyed reading this and learnt a lot from it. I think it is a fairly good read for people who are looking into introductory reading materials on women in Islam.
In summary, the book discusses about the position of women in history, and how Islam came about and emancipated women from numbers of societal and cultural traditions that were explained prior.
The explanations are quite straightforward and easy to understand. However, in one of the crucial parts of the book when women in modern age was discussed, the author didn't really provide authorities to support his arguments.
Some of the possible 'allegations' of misconduct/misbehaviour that the author casted on modern women seemed to me was simply his opinion that may or may not have been based on prejudice or cultural stereotypes.
I personally feel that it would have been a better option to describe his worries over such problems with reliable data and not to make it accusative. And that's because as a book talking about women in Islam, which is already a topic fairly manipulated by Islamophobes or as the author puts it, chauvinist feminists already, there should be a certain amount of due diligence exercised to prevent further misinterpretations of how Islam and Muslim scholars view women.
Nonetheless I can see the author's effort to do this in the other chapters quite clearly. For the most part, the author did provide his references for readers to further read and understand.
Some of the author's statements regarding women attracting abuse and rape or the non viability of a financially solvent woman were also very questionable for me. These arguments seemed as if they're calling for criticisms, but it could be just me.
But for the rest of the book, the author maintained a good way of explaining Islam's actual perspectives as opposed to cultural traditions and culturally-influenced scholarly views, both of which are clearly explained to be not from Islam.
I personally really like and appreciate the final chapter on misinterpretation of Islamic injunctions regarding women. That chapter is a very enlightening elementary explanation for the number of commonly criticised Islamic injunctions affecting women.
Overall this is a good introductory read to illustrate how highly Islam actually values women, and how it actually emancipates women from the ties of cultural traditions and ancient practices. Introductory - because each of the issues outlined can have further in depth discussions that may be necessary for certain readers.
In summary, the book discusses about the position of women in history, and how Islam came about and emancipated women from numbers of societal and cultural traditions that were explained prior.
The explanations are quite straightforward and easy to understand. However, in one of the crucial parts of the book when women in modern age was discussed, the author didn't really provide authorities to support his arguments.
Some of the possible 'allegations' of misconduct/misbehaviour that the author casted on modern women seemed to me was simply his opinion that may or may not have been based on prejudice or cultural stereotypes.
I personally feel that it would have been a better option to describe his worries over such problems with reliable data and not to make it accusative. And that's because as a book talking about women in Islam, which is already a topic fairly manipulated by Islamophobes or as the author puts it, chauvinist feminists already, there should be a certain amount of due diligence exercised to prevent further misinterpretations of how Islam and Muslim scholars view women.
Nonetheless I can see the author's effort to do this in the other chapters quite clearly. For the most part, the author did provide his references for readers to further read and understand.
Some of the author's statements regarding women attracting abuse and rape or the non viability of a financially solvent woman were also very questionable for me. These arguments seemed as if they're calling for criticisms, but it could be just me.
But for the rest of the book, the author maintained a good way of explaining Islam's actual perspectives as opposed to cultural traditions and culturally-influenced scholarly views, both of which are clearly explained to be not from Islam.
I personally really like and appreciate the final chapter on misinterpretation of Islamic injunctions regarding women. That chapter is a very enlightening elementary explanation for the number of commonly criticised Islamic injunctions affecting women.
Overall this is a good introductory read to illustrate how highly Islam actually values women, and how it actually emancipates women from the ties of cultural traditions and ancient practices. Introductory - because each of the issues outlined can have further in depth discussions that may be necessary for certain readers.
October 10, 2024
First read : Year 2020, during pandemic year, Covid
Second read : Year 2024, Post pandemic
Highly recommended to understand things.
It is a good book to understand Islam & Female Emancipation based on the true story from Quran & others
I have no intention to review this book in my own words, but I still want to encourage people to read it 🤭🤭🤭
.
So i decided to share the excerpts from this book and also famous saying that related to the topic 😎😎
.
🌹It is about the true story of female emancipation. Unknown to most people, about 1400 years ago, the first enduring stand for female rights was taken in Madinah
.
🌹A brief comparative analysis about the status of Women through the 3 ages of the world, how female conditions changed from ancient past to the modern times
.
🌹In Islam, Female Emancipation is enlightenment of the females, providing them knowledge, education, financial freedom, legal resource, physical security, love, dignity and respect
.
🌹It is important to understand that culture is not universally same in all Muslims domains. In different Muslim regions, women are treated differently due to cultural differences
.
🌹It clarifies some of the common misconceptions about Islamic injunctions regarding women
.
.
As Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan said :
"Islam gives women many rights. Nowadays, the greatest challenges of Muslim women with regards to rights and equality are not situated in the religious arena where they are granted rights, but in the social and cultural arena."
Second read : Year 2024, Post pandemic
Highly recommended to understand things.
It is a good book to understand Islam & Female Emancipation based on the true story from Quran & others
I have no intention to review this book in my own words, but I still want to encourage people to read it 🤭🤭🤭
.
So i decided to share the excerpts from this book and also famous saying that related to the topic 😎😎
.
🌹It is about the true story of female emancipation. Unknown to most people, about 1400 years ago, the first enduring stand for female rights was taken in Madinah
.
🌹A brief comparative analysis about the status of Women through the 3 ages of the world, how female conditions changed from ancient past to the modern times
.
🌹In Islam, Female Emancipation is enlightenment of the females, providing them knowledge, education, financial freedom, legal resource, physical security, love, dignity and respect
.
🌹It is important to understand that culture is not universally same in all Muslims domains. In different Muslim regions, women are treated differently due to cultural differences
.
🌹It clarifies some of the common misconceptions about Islamic injunctions regarding women
.
.
As Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan said :
"Islam gives women many rights. Nowadays, the greatest challenges of Muslim women with regards to rights and equality are not situated in the religious arena where they are granted rights, but in the social and cultural arena."
July 30, 2022
The author delivered what it says in the title: Female Emancipation.
The book is divided into three parts:
1. Introduction to the Essence of Women
2. Women in Islamic Age
3. Women in Modern Age
I loved the third part the most (Women in the Modern Age). The author sharply pointed out issues surrounding female emancipation in the modern age.
The part regarding in “Women in Islamic age”:
Some of the points were already well-known especially regarding the women around the Prophet. But it got much more interesting when he touched on Rise and Fall of the Female Scholars. I think he gave a very clear overview about it.
In overall, the last part of the book made me feel that the book is worth buying.
The language though could be quite challenging for newbie English readers, as the author uses jargons quite frequently. But the flow of thought is nice and well-connected.
Recommended to: Intermediate English readers with passion on female empowerment✨
The book is divided into three parts:
1. Introduction to the Essence of Women
2. Women in Islamic Age
3. Women in Modern Age
I loved the third part the most (Women in the Modern Age). The author sharply pointed out issues surrounding female emancipation in the modern age.
The part regarding in “Women in Islamic age”:
Some of the points were already well-known especially regarding the women around the Prophet. But it got much more interesting when he touched on Rise and Fall of the Female Scholars. I think he gave a very clear overview about it.
In overall, the last part of the book made me feel that the book is worth buying.
The language though could be quite challenging for newbie English readers, as the author uses jargons quite frequently. But the flow of thought is nice and well-connected.
Recommended to: Intermediate English readers with passion on female empowerment✨
July 7, 2021
For this book, I find the discussion straightforward, and the main focus is on the topic of misunderstanding issues regarding women in Islam.
The declaration that most of the misunderstanding comes from culture and social circumstances, not from the teaching of Islam.
Further discussion is needed, especially regarding contemporary issues.
The declaration that most of the misunderstanding comes from culture and social circumstances, not from the teaching of Islam.
Further discussion is needed, especially regarding contemporary issues.
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February 6, 2023Daughters of Eve – Islam and Female Emancipation
Being a woman of this world is hard. We must be twice as better than men to be recognize. What we wear always become an issue. It doesn’t matter whether we wear hijab, or we don’t wear hijab, there will always be a problem to the society. This issue is not new. It has been living with us for many many years, since before the coming of Islam.
Before Rasulullah received his revelation, women before that were all suffering. They were treated like a slave. It surprises me to know that there was a civilization that think of women as soul-less. Very disappointing to hear, right?
This book is divided into three main parts. The first is Women of Ancient Age, second is Women of Islamic Age, and third part is Women of Modern Age. Throughout this period, from the reading we can see that women have been empowering themselves and always show their best to be seen as equal as men. They have tried their best to prove that their existence has meaning too. However, women at large during that time are still indoctrinated with the idea that women are just born to serve men; either in the kitchen, at the house yard or on bed. A few civilizations agreed that women should obey three men – husband, father, and son; putting them in vulnerability to be abused by those men.
When Islam come, women’s right is upheld. The Quran revealed that women and men are equal, both were created with their own respective roles, responsibility, and capabilities. Since then, more women in the Islamic age started to go out of their house and seek knowledge to a point where they are recognized and respected by the society and men started to learn from them too. One of the Muslim women who name has been great till today is of course, Rasulullah’s wife, Sayyidina Aisha. Her cleverness in fiqh and hadith has become phenomenal, even Umar Al-Khattab, who is one of Rasulullah’s closest friend, referred to her.
This book also clearly explained the reasons why Rasulullah married many women. Interestingly, out of all 13 wives that the Prophet has, only Aisha was not a widow, and it is more interesting when all 13 wives are brilliant women in their respective field. For example, Sayyidina Khadija was a successful businesswoman who is well-known in Makkah. She is also an example of a supportive and understanding wife to her husband; she was there in time of happiness and hardship. Not forgetting, Sayyidina Aisha who were very passionate in seeking knowledge. She always opens to learn anything from the Prophet. Also, Ummu Salama who has actively involved in politics even after the Prophet’s death.
There are so many females mentioned in this book; females who have achieved many incredible things from their own ability and spirit. I feel so motivated after reading this book. It makes me believe that as a woman, I can do great things too.
9.2/10
July 12, 2022
Bought this book at PBAKL last time. At first, masa masuk booth tu takde niat pon nak beli buku pape but this book caught my attention
Rendahnya martabat wanita sebelum kedatangan rasullulah saw dan islam. Wanita pada zaman dahulunya perlu hormat dan taat kepada ayah, suami bahkan anak lelaki sendiri.
Sehingga satu saat kalau si suami mati, wanita itu turut akan dibunuh. Harta si isteri juga perlu diserahkn semuanya kepada suami setelah berkahwin
Alhamdullilah dengan adanya islam, martabat wanita diangkat seadilnya.
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I recommend this book to everyone. It is good and great also easy to understand . In summing it all up, women receive what is good for her and women give what is good for her
Rendahnya martabat wanita sebelum kedatangan rasullulah saw dan islam. Wanita pada zaman dahulunya perlu hormat dan taat kepada ayah, suami bahkan anak lelaki sendiri.
Sehingga satu saat kalau si suami mati, wanita itu turut akan dibunuh. Harta si isteri juga perlu diserahkn semuanya kepada suami setelah berkahwin
Alhamdullilah dengan adanya islam, martabat wanita diangkat seadilnya.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I recommend this book to everyone. It is good and great also easy to understand . In summing it all up, women receive what is good for her and women give what is good for her
January 21, 2024
"It does not mean that women have to be tamed."
💬Love how the author, at separate times, reminds the readers that culture and religion are very different. Many believe that what is culture must be also true for Islam; a belief that can be very wrong in many ways. Haider also mentions how many verses in Quran are often misused not just by those who are not Muslims, by chauvinists for their own agenda.
He has a way of reminding readers how women should be treated according to Islam, as well as the expectations and responsibilities that come with it. I love how it is mentioned multiple times that Islam is perfect for all, but made ugly by the believers.
Originally posted at ReadingDyad as Miracchin.
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