Beyond the Ḥaram: Ibn al-Khaṭīb and His Privileged Knowledge of Royal Nasrid Women

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 383-402
Author(s):  
Bárbara Boloix-Gallardo

One of the most difficult tasks of specialists devoted to the study of medieval Islamic societies is to reconstruct the historical role of women. The patriarchal interpretation of Islamic scriptural sources by largely male Muslim chroniclers, as well as the masculine nature of Arabic historiography, produced by and for men, determined the relegation of women to the background in both history and society. As a consequence, the presence of women was usually veiled in the chronicles, due to the exacerbated respect towards their identities stipulated by Muslim sacred texts, which recommended preserving women within the private area of society. However, some authors went beyond these conventions and offered interesting data concerning the women of the dynasty that they served. This was the case of Ibn al-Khaṭīb, whose work is unique and fundamental to our knowledge of the female sultans of the Alhambra and the particularities of the Nasrid harem, as we will prove throughout this paper.

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (01) ◽  
pp. 11-30
Author(s):  
Faisar Ananda Arfa ◽  
Heri Firmansyah

Dalam masyarakat agama akan selalu terjadi perdebatan antara kelompok yang bertahan dengan teks sebagaimana adanya dengan pihak-pihak yang mencoba membaca teks dalam konteks dan membuatnya selaras dengan perkembangan paradigma baru dalam kehidupan kekinian. Salah satu topik yang merefleksikan fenomena di atas adalah ketika wacana gender yang adalah problematika kehidupan cosmopolitan modern dihadapkan dengan teks-teks suci yang telah berusia berabad-abad yang lalu. Tidaklah mengherankan bila kemudian terjadi perdebatan yang serius tentang kemampuan masyarakat agama di dalam merespon issu gender ini. Artikel ini berusaha untuk mengungkapkan pengkajian Islam modern  dengan mempelajari suatu pendekatan baru yang popular dengan istilah pendekatan gender di dalam melakukan analisa terhadap ayat-ayat maupun hadis nabi dan istinbat hukum terutama di dalam menggambarkan posisi dan peranan kaum wanita serta hubungan mereka dengan kaum laki-laki. Dalam artikel ini akan ditemukan secara jelas bahwa Konsep relasi gender di dalam Alquran merefleksikan dua kesan yang berbeda secara theologies dan sosiologis.   In religious societies there will always be debates between groups that persist with the text as it is with parties who try to read the text in context and make it in harmony with the development of new paradigms in contemporary life. One topic that reflects the above phenomenon is when gender discourse is a problem of modern cosmopolitan life confronted with sacred texts that have been centuries old. It is not surprising then that serious debate ensues about the ability of religious communities to respond to this gender issue. This article seeks to express the study of modern Islam by studying a new app roach that is popular with the term gender approach in analyzing the verses and traditions of the prophet and legal istinbat especially in describing the position and role of women and their relationship with men . In this article it will be clearly found that the concept of gender relations in the Koran reflects two different theological and sociological impressions.


rahatulquloob ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 175-186
Author(s):  
Dr. Syed Naeem Badsha ◽  
Dr. Iram Sultana

Allah is the creator of all universe and human beings as being crown of creation are bound with the ties of love, and unity. No one can survive alone. So man wants to live in groups and these groups form a society. Islam gives much importance to women, honored her. Women contributed a lot in the welfare of a society. It is a woman who born and brings up great personalities to work the great for the progress of a society. Status and historical role of women in society is undeniable. This article deals with meritorious contribution of women in the welfare of society. The women with true Islamic spirit and awareness of all the preaching and teachings of Holy Quran and Sunnah can serve   the society in the best manner. At the advent of Prophet ﷺ the women were treated as a slave, deprived of her rights. Islam gave the woman their due right, Respect and Honor and woman contributed a lot in all the field of life especially in Education. An educated woman is the blessing for a society. So woman should perform at their level best for the welfare of the society being a mother, a sister, a wife being within the limits of Islam. Women were seen as wives to cook and take care of kids but now it is realized women should have some different type of role like holding position in governments, doing job at top level, and doing business, so it proves their presence outside the kitchen and laundry. So this article discusses role and responsibities of women in the light of Islamic teaching.


2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 232-250
Author(s):  
Stephanie Dropuljic

This article examines the role of women in raising criminal actions of homicide before the central criminal court, in early modern Scotland. In doing so, it highlights the two main forms of standing women held; pursing an action for homicide alone and as part of a wider group of kin and family. The evidence presented therein challenges our current understanding of the role of women in the pursuit of crime and contributes to an under-researched area of Scots criminal legal history, gender and the law.


2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-32
Author(s):  
Khurshida Tillahodjaeva ◽  

In this article we will talk about the scale of family and marriage relations in the early XX century in the Turkestan region, their regulation, legislation. Clearly reveals the role of women and men in the family, the definition of which is based on the material conditions of society, equality of rights and freedoms and its features.


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