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Section sizes Section size for Women in Islam (105 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 5,187 5,187 Sources of law 1,171 8,125 Primary 3,592 4,504 Al-Nisa' 912 912 Secondary 2,450 2,450 Gender roles 6,446 45,505 Dress code 10,443 19,185 Clothing materials 168 1,875 Silk 1,707 1,707 Public versus private appearance 2,540 2,540 Religious objections to the modern ḥijāb 2,000 2,000 Effect of globalization on Muslim women's couture 2,327 2,327 Family 736 3,995 Pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding 1,938 1,938 Motherhood 1,321 1,321 Gender segregation 9,552 9,552 Salah 3,215 3,215 Transport restrictions 29 3,112 1990–2017 Saudi ban on women driving 3,083 3,083 Female education 627 28,618 The classical position 3,460 3,460 History of women's education 5,995 5,995 Women as educators 2,063 2,063 Traveling for knowledge 1,346 1,346 Famous muhaddithat 32 1,833 Zaynab bint al-Kamal 1,801 1,801 Current situation 13,294 13,294 Female employment 2,595 16,002 History 5,868 5,868 Modern era 7,539 7,539 Financial and legal matters 4,741 59,182 Financial and legal agency 35 2,646 The classical position 2,611 2,611 Property rights 5,595 5,595 Economic equity 1,497 1,497 Sexual crimes and sins 32 12,901 Zina 7,021 7,021 Qazf and Li'an 1,506 1,506 Rape 4,342 4,342 Witness of woman 9,222 9,222 Domestic violence 22,580 22,580 Love 657 11,735 Romantic love 5,795 5,795 Love of women 5,283 5,283 Beauty 1,528 3,124 Female beauty 1,596 1,596 Marriage 65 75,687 Legal framework 3,975 3,975 Marriage ceremony and celebrations 1,081 1,081 Historical commonality of divorce 2,361 2,361 Polygyny 6,876 6,876 Polyandry 1,357 1,357 Endogamy 5,493 5,493 Forbidden marriages 2,274 2,274 Age of marriage 4,626 4,626 Interfaith marriages and women 6,481 6,481 Behavior and rights within marriage 6,226 6,226 Sexuality 57 28,531 General parameters 1,161 1,161 Sexual satisfaction and frequency of intercourse 1,365 1,365 Foreplay 1,299 1,299 Simultaneous orgasms 6,461 6,461 Female genital mutilation 1,006 1,006 The classical position 1,985 1,985 Islamic perspectives on FGM 4,480 4,480 Initiatives to end FGM in the OIC 3,729 3,729 Recorded prevalence of FGM in the OIC 677 677 Contraception 2,800 6,311 Female infanticide 3,511 3,511 Divorce 4,483 6,341 Obligations during divorce 1,858 1,858 Menstruation 2,511 2,511 Shrines and mosques 1,326 14,682 The Virgin Mary 5,865 5,865 Hala Sultan 1,941 1,941 Sayeda Zainab 2,354 2,354 Fātimah al-Ma'sūmah 673 673 Rabi'āh al-'Adawiyyah 933 933 Ruqayyah bint Ali 1,590 1,590 Religious life 7,083 8,840 Sufi female mystics 905 905 Current female religious scholars 852 852 Politics 3,363 25,269 Female heads of state in Muslim-majority countries during the modern era 4,291 4,291 Female legislators in Muslim-majority countries in the 21st century 11,917 11,917 Muslim women and Islamophobia in non-Muslim majority countries 5,698 5,698 Sport 3,260 4,850 Islamic Solidarity Games 1,590 1,590 Comparison with other religions 3,493 11,673 Eve's role in the Fall 2,850 2,850 The Virgin Mary 1,050 1,050 Polygamy 4,280 4,280 Notable women in Islam 30 19,000 Saints, scholars, and spiritual teachers 4,548 4,548 Female converts to Islam 12,730 14,422 Female conversion literature 1,692 1,692 Modern debate on the status of women in Islam 864 9,072 Conservatives and the Islamic movement 3,967 3,967 Liberal Islam, Islamic feminism, and other progressive criticism 4,241 4,241 See also 769 769 References 17 3,002 Citations 29 29 Sources 2,956 2,956 Further reading 1,877 1,877 External links 1,790 1,790 Total 356,500 356,500

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