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REVISITING ‘WOMEN EMPOWERMENT’ VIS-À-VIS ISLAM
In his Islam in Historical Perspective, Alexander Knsyh (Routledge, 2017) has devoted a full chapter to the “Women in Islamic Societies” (pp. 323-340), because he believes that it is a “Controversial Topic” (p. 323), and thus needs more attention (than other contemporary issues). Knysh begins this chapter with this statement: “With the possible exception of so-called Islamic terrorism, it is difficult to find a subject that has generated more controversy in the modern Western media and public discourse than the status of women in Islamic societies”