Women in the Rituals of Sunnī Islam from the Middle Ages to These Days

Women in the Rituals of Sunnī Islam from the Middle Ages to These Days

Tamás Iványi (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)

Abstract

The article analyses the participation of women in the different rituals of Sunnī Islam, and the views concerning their participation. In addition, it explores the relationship between Islamic law and reality based on the legal handbooks and fatwā collections.

Keywords

fatwā, Islamic law, women in Islam, rituals of Sunnī Islam