The myth of misogyny: a reanalysis of women's inheritance in Islamic law.

From: Albany Law Review | Date: December 22, 1997| Author: Chaudhry, Zainab | Copyright information

In the Name of Allah (God),

Most Gracious, Most Merciful

O mankind! reverence

Your Guardian-Lord,

Who created you

From a single Person,

Created, of like nature,

His mate, and from them twain

Scattered (like seeds)

Countless men and women --(1)

I. Introduction

For the most part, the popular image of a Muslim woman conjures up tales of oppressed ...

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