Ayesha S Chaudhry
Biographic Data
| ID | 6961717 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ayesha S Chaudhry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ayesha S |
| FAMILY NAME | Chaudhry |
| SIGNATURE | CHAUDHRY A S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Domestic Violence and the Islamic Tradition
This book examines the challenges and resources that the Islamic tradition offers to Muslim scholars who seek to address this dilemma. This is achieved through extensive study of the intellectual history of a Qur'anic verse that has become especially contentious in the modern period: Chapter 4, Verse 34 (Q. 4:34) which can be read to permit the physical disciplining of disobedient wives at the hands of their husbands. Though this verse has been u…
“I Wanted One Thing and God Wanted Another . . . ”
Chapter 4, verse 34 of the Qur'an permits husbands to physically discipline recalcitrant wives. Modern Muslims who find this husbandly privilege discomfiting often rely on Muhammad's prophetic practice to mitigate the meaning of this verse. In light of Muhammad's example of never hitting his own wives, as found in one prophetic report, they reinterpret the verse as restricting and/or voiding a husband's right to physically discipline his wife. Th…
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“I Wanted One Thing and God Wanted Another . . . ”
Chapter 4, verse 34 of the Qur'an permits husbands to physically discipline recalcitrant wives. Modern Muslims who find this husbandly privilege discomfiting often rely on Muhammad's prophetic practice to mitigate the meaning of this verse. In light of Muhammad's example of never hitting his own wives, as found in one prophetic report, they reinterpret the verse as restricting and/or voiding a husband's right to physically discipline his wife. Th…
Domestic Violence and the Islamic Tradition
This book examines the challenges and resources that the Islamic tradition offers to Muslim scholars who seek to address this dilemma. This is achieved through extensive study of the intellectual history of a Qur'anic verse that has become especially contentious in the modern period: Chapter 4, Verse 34 (Q. 4:34) which can be read to permit the physical disciplining of disobedient wives at the hands of their husbands. Though this verse has been u…
Art (2 works) · Dilemma (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Islamic Studies and History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Meaning (existential) (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)