Sexuality in Islam Sexuality in Islam
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Sexuality in Islam

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Publisher Description

In this classic work, Abdelwahab Bouhdiba asserts that Islam is a lyrical view of life in which sexuality enjoys a privileged status. Drawing on both Arabic and Western sources and seeking to integrate the religious and the sexual, Bouhdiba describes the place of sexuality in the traditional Islamic view of the world and examines whether a harmony of sexuality and religious faith is achieved in practice. Beginning with the Quran, Bouhdiba confronts the question of male supremacy in Islam and the strict separation of the masculine and the feminine. He considers purification practices; Islamic attitudes towards homosexuality, concubinage and legal marriage; and sexual taboos laid down by the Quran. Bouhdiba assesses contemporary sexual practice, including eroticism, misogyny and mysticism, and concludes that the ideal Islamic model of sexuality has been debased.

GENRE
Religion & Spirituality
RELEASED
2012
March 12
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
288
Pages
PUBLISHER
Saqi Books
SELLER
Faber and Faber
SIZE
2.7
MB
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