Books in the Routledge Persian and Shi'i Studies series

One of the most important current debates within and about Islam concerns its relation with power. This book considers the voice of an important Muslim minority through its sermons. Indian Shi'i Muslims are a minority within a minority, constituting about 10-15 percent of the population as a whole, but comprising of about fifteen million people.

"This book is a study of the manner in which women are portrayed in the Quran and in Shii traditions. It is a comprehensive study of all the female characters mentionedin the Quran, and is selective in the personalities of the Sunna to the three most prominent women of Ahl al-Bayt, Khadija, Fatima, and Zaynab"--