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RST 336 - Women in the Islamic Tradition

3 Credits
Offered alternate years in Spring
The treatment of women and women’s issues in the Islamic tradition through both primary sources (in translation) and secondary sources: women in Muhammad’s life and the role they played in Islamic society; the treatment of women and women-related issues in the Islamic tradition, including both legal and non-legal matters; and the writings of modern Muslim women scholars on Islam as they look at these same issues with a new perspective and present new interpretations.

Core Curriculum Attribute(s): Global Perspectives Language, Arts, and Humanities   
Course Applies to: Gender & Sexuality Studies