Women from the point of view of Western Islamic society: a deconstructive reading of jurisprudential and historical sources

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Meliani Zineb
Chergui Nouara

Abstract

In fact, the subject of women in general is one of the important subjects that have filled the works of Islamic thought, and it has witnessed a broad debate in which various disciplines have intersected starting from history, jurisprudence, philosophy and literature, and the ideas it contains have been influenced by various currents from ancient and medieval history. This research article aims to study the image of women from different angles: through the vision of Islamic law and its role in the civilization of the Islamic West. Passing by the point of view of some scholars and jurists such as Ibn Rushd and Ibn Hazm, as well as the Sufis, then, from the point of view of the general public, since the discourse was not unified, the research is based on a comparative analytical approach based on legal and source texts, using certain ideas from modern studies.

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Zineb, M., & Nouara, C. (2026). Women from the point of view of Western Islamic society: a deconstructive reading of jurisprudential and historical sources. CINEFORUM, 66(S7), 479–483. Retrieved from https://revistadecineforum.com/index.php/cf/article/view/1766
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