Comparative Status of Muslim Women/K.K. Sharma. Jaipur, Mangal Deep Pub., 2007, viii, 258 p., ISBN 81-7594-214-2.

    Contents: Preface. 1. Women in the Qur'an and the Sunnah. 2. Women in society. 3. The status of woman in Islam. 4. Reasons for the high status of women in Islam. 5. Man and women: a comparative study. 6. Women in Christianity and Islam. 7. The status of woman in Christianity and Islam: comparison. 8. Women in Islam versus women in the Judaeo-Christian tradition: the myth and the reality. 9. The role of Muslim women in an Islamic society. 10. Distorted image of Muslim women. 11. Women's liberation through Islam. 12. Marriage in Islam. 13. Islamic traditions and the feminist movement: confrontation or cooperation? 14. Women and true education. 15. Women in Islam economics. 16. Muslim women in sport. 17. The war of the women. 18. Islam: elevation of women's status. Index.

    Islam, although confirming that men and women do share in the same essence of humanity, also confirms that men and women are different. The Islam teats women as the spiritual and intellectual equals of men, though it makes distinction between them on the basis of physical realm and division of labour. In Islam, both men and women have well-defined roles in family as well as society.

    "Comparative Status of Muslim Women" presents status of Muslim women both as revealed in religious texts as well as in modern context. Describing religious, economic, social, political, civil, marital, familial and human aspects of Muslim women in detail, the book attempts at a comparison of status, rights and obligations of Muslim, Christian and Judaeo-Christian women and arrives at the conclusion that Muslim woman enjoys a high status in family and society." (jacket)

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