No Truth Without Beauty: God, the Qur'an, and Women's Rights

In This Comprehensive Open Access Book, Written For Readers From Any Or No Religious Background, Leena El-ali Does Something Remarkable. Never Before Has Anyone Taken On Every Last Claim Relating To Islam And Women And Countered It Not Just With Quranic Evidence To The Contrary, But With Easy-to-use Tools Available To All. How Can A Womans Testimony Be Worth Half Of A Mans? How Can Men Divorce Their Wives Unilaterally By Uttering Three Words? And Whats With The Obsession With Virgins In Paradise? Find The Chapter On Any Of The Seventeen Topics In This Book, And You Will Quickly Learn A) Where The Myth Came From And B) How To Bust It. The Methodology Pursued Is Simple. First, The Quran Is Given Priority Over All Other Literary Or Scriptural Sources. Second, The Meaning Of Its Verses In The Original Arabic Is Highlighted, In Contrast To English Translations And/or Widespread Misunderstanding Or Misinterpretation. A Spiritual Journey -- Hadith Corpus -- Hadith Content -- Women And The Development Of Hadith Literature -- Women Were Not Created Of Inferior Celestial Material -- Eve Is Not Blamed For The Fall From Eden, Nor Are Women Guilty By Association -- Women Were Created With The Exact Same Spiritual And Intellectual Capacity As Men, So Of Course They Can Lead -- When Men Deprive Women Of Their Free Will, They Are Not Protecting Anyone: They Are Obstructing God's Plan -- God Does Not Prefer Sons Over Daughters (!) -- Women Were Not Meant To Be Subordinate To Men -- Inheritance: No, Women Did Not Get The Short End Of The Stick -- Nuptials: Women Do Have The Right To Choose Their Own Spouse, And How The Qur'anic Nuptial Agreement Advocates For The Bride -- Marriage: A Sublime Institution, Not Mere Social Contract -- Divorce: Men Do Not Hold All The Cards-the Qur'an Actually Levels The Playing Field Through Mandated Process And Etiquette -- Clothing: There Is No Dress Code For Women Beyond Covering Their Private Parts, As With Men -- Segregation: There Is No Restriction On Men And Women Mingling -- Witnesses: A Woman's Testimony Is Worth The Same As A Man's, Except In Two Cases Where It May Count For More Or Less -- Sexual Misconduct: What The Qur'an Tells Us About Pre-marital Vs Extra-marital Sex -- Domestic Violence: The Qur'an Does Not Instruct Husbands To Hit Their Wives For Disobedience Or Anything Else -- Virgins: There Are No 72 [seventy-two] Virgins Waiting For Anyone In Paradise. Leena El-ali ; Foreword By Khaled Abou El Fadl. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.