Women in the mosque : a history of legal thought and social practice /

"Juxtaposing Muslim scholars' debates over women's attendance in mosques with historical descriptions of women's activities within Middle Eastern and North African mosques, Marion Holmes Katz shows how over the centuries legal scholars' arguments have often reacted to rather...

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Main Author: Katz, Marion Holmes, 1967- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
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