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unusual facts about Women in Islam


Women in Islam

The observed endogamy is primarily consanguineous marriages, where the bride and the groom share a biological grandparent or other near ancestor.


Sa'id al-Afghani

Afghani also spent ten years composing a biography of Aisha, the Muslim prophet Muhammad's second or third wife; the book was noted for Afghani's views on women in Islam, which Moroccan feminist writer Fatema Mernissi described as representative of all the Muslim world's most conservative views.

Tamara Sonn

In the book, she argues against violence and inequality for women under Islamic law; and commends Morocco's Mudawana family code for the abolishment of the patriarchal family and diction respecting women.


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