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  title info:
    title: Gender-sensitive verses in the Qur'an
    sub title: an analytical study of Amina Wadud's and Asma Barlas' hermeneutics
  name:
    name part: Adam, Ibrahim Ilyasu
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: International Islamic University Malaysia
    name part: Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences
  genre: Theses, IIUM local
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: my
    place:
      place term: Kuala Lumpur
    publisher: Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia
    date issued: 2015
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    extent: xi, 270 leaves : ill. ; 30cm.
  abstract: This dissertation examines gender-sensitive verses in the Qur'an as reinterpreted by Muslim feminists, placing particular emphasis on Amina Wadud and Asma Barlas. The aim of the dissertation is to analyse to what extent Wadud's and Barlas' perception of gender equality shaped their Qur'anic hermeneutics. Over the last two decades, tafsir has gained a new momentum with the emergence of Muslim feminist hermeneutics, an exegetical method used by feminists to reread the Qur'an to advance gender equality within an Islamic paradigm. This is particularly true for Wadud and Barlas who concisely argue that classical exegetes manipulated tafsir to oppress women and preserve 'male-centric' authority. Hence, contextualization of the Qur'an by adopting a new gender-sensitive approach is necessary to ensure women's active participation in tafsir. Using this approach, Wadud and Barlas propose a new hermeneutics to reread the Qur'an and deconstruct specific verses to discredit what they call patriarchal fallacy. While mainstream tafsir relies heavily on using hadith for the most authentic interpretation, Wadud and Barlas have all but disregard its authority, arguing that hadith-based Qur'anic hermeneutics should end. This dissertation analyses their hermeneutics within an Islamic framework and evaluates the extent to which they break with mainstream tafsÊr. In the course of engagement with both feminists, the study adopts a comparative exegetical approach, (al-Tafsir al-Muqaran) making special reference to some classical exegetes such as al-Tabari, as well as some modern intellectuals who have made substantial contributions to Qur'anic scholarship. Similarly, it comparatively examines the point of similarities and differences between Wadud's and Barlas' hermeneutics. The study has found that Wadud's and Barlas' hermeneutical methodology is flawed for disregarding authentic sources of tafsÊr and deviation from its principles and forcing their own reading in to the Qur'Én to provide …
  note: by Ibrahim Ilyasu Adam
  note: Thesis (Ph.D)--International Islamic University Malaysia, 2015.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 253-270).
  subject:
    geographic code: a-my---
  classification: BP134.W6
  identifier: http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/6493
  record info:
    record content source: UIAM
    record creation date: 150417
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng