Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Transliteration
Introduction
Part 1
1. Sharia, Fiqh, and the New Religious Thinkers
Part 2: Hijab as Mandatory (vājib): The Views of Murtaza Mutahhari
2. The Hijab in Iran from Pre-Modern Times to the 1960s
3. The Life and Thought of Ayatollah Murtaza Mutahhari
4. Translation of Mutahhari’s ‘The Philosophy of Covering in Islam’
Part 3: Hijab as Desirable (mustaḥabb): The Views of Ahmad Qabil
5. The Islamic Republic and the Hijab Controversy (1978–2012)
6. Mullas without Turbans and Women without Veils: The Life and Thought of Ahmad Qabil
7. Translation of Qabil’s ‘The Desirability for Covering the Head and Neck’
Part 4: Hijab Depending on Time and Place: The Views of Muhsin Kadivar
8. The Hijab Controversy Continues (2005–)
9. The Worldview of Muhsin Kadivar
10. Translation of Kadivar’s ‘Reflections on the Question of Hijab’
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index