MACMILLAN Women and Islam in Bangladesh: Beyond Subjection and Tyranny

Product Description This work of research by Taj Hashmi puts the issue of women's position in society in historical as well as Islamic perspectives to relate it to the objective conditions in Bangladesh. In eight illuminating chapters, he narrates how Quranic edicts about women have through the ages been misinterpreted by the power elites and the mullahs to suppress women. Even NGOs are not immune from exploiting them. Hope, according to the author, lies in the literacy and economic self-reliance of the Bangladeshi women. About the Author TAJ UL-ISLAM HASHMI is Professor and Director, School of Liberal Arts and Science, Independent University, Bangladesh.