Drawing on both religious and secular sources, this challenging book argues that divinely ordained law is frequently misinterpreted by Muslim authorities at the expense of certain groups, including women. Khaled Abou El Fadl cites a series of injustices in Islamic society and ultimately proposes a return to the original ethics at the heart of the Muslim legal system.
1. Induction 9
2. The authoritative 9
3. A Summary transition 86
4. The text and authority 96
5. The construction of the authoritarian 141
6. The anatomy of authoritarian discourses 170
7. Faith-based assumptions and determinations demeaning to women.
Conclusion: resisting the authoritarian while searching for the moral 264
