Download or read book Understanding Women in Islam written by Syafiq Hasyim and published by Equinox Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding Women in Islam: An Indonesian Perspective critically explores gender-biased discourse within Islamic jurisprudence. It also elucidates matters seldom discussed in the Qu'ran and proposes a way out from the current methodological deadlock regarding women's position in Islam. SYAFIQ HASYIM is an analyst for issues on women in Islam, political Islam and Islamic radicalism, and currently Deputy Director of ICIP (International Centre for Islam and Pluralism) in Jakarta.