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Book details
  • Genre:RELIGION
  • SubGenre:Christian Life / Women's Issues
  • Language:English
  • Pages:145
  • eBook ISBN:9780988593046

Secrets Behind the Burqa

by Rosemary Sookhdeo

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Overview
The book goes behind the scenes into the lives of Muslim women, showing how these are very different from those of Western women and revealing the rules, pressures and tensions that they face. It describes how Islamic concepts of honor and shame can oppress and endanger women and how arranged and forced marriages can be life-threatening for them.
Description
This book goes behind the scenes to reveal what really happens in the lives of millions of Muslim women. It shows how these are very different from those of Western women, detailing the rules that control their behaviour and revealing the pressures and tensions that they often face within their families and societies. The author describes how the Islamic concepts of honor and shame can oppress and endanger women and how arranged and forced marriages can be life-threatening for them.
About the author
Rosemary Sookhdeo was born in New Zealand, where she qualified as a pharmacist. She came to Britain to study at London Bible College, where she met her husband Patrick. Later she went on to do post-graduate theological studies at Oxford University. They took over a very large derelict site in the East End of London, where she was fully involved in church planting, pastoral and training ministry for 23 years and where they started Barnabas Fund. She is the author of three books.
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