ISLA 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Hijab, Reductionism

• School: McGill University
• Department: Islamic Studies
• Course: ISLA 210
• Professor: Malek Abisaab

Document Summary

Lecture feb 9- history of the veil part 2 04/08/2016 (cid:1) (cid:1) Interpretation of text manipulated by those in power affect implications on women (cid:1) Verse came about at time of marriage of prophet to zaynab bint jahsh (his cousin) (cid:1) According to trustworthy witness annas ibn malik prophet m invited whole muslim community to wedding dinner, they stayed longer than suspected and prevented him from being alone w/ his new wife- annoyed (cid:1) Curtain in arabic- sitr- hijab, and verse of hijab descended at the same moment (cid:1) (cid:1) Year five hijra, two military defeats for muslims. Battle of badr (miracle of badr) muslims victorious: muslims against meccans, meccans had much larger force, God sent 5000 invisible angels to fight with prophet. Muhammad: sources speak of the fact that the prophet used military tactics- military leadership proven intelligence, reconnaissance, mobilization in closed talks w/ men.