Abstract
This article surveys early Islamic legal opinions concerning differences between women and men related to law, politics, and personal conduct. Contained in a 2nd/8th century tract, a list distinguishing features of the sexes reflects notions held by the very young Muslim community–both Shī܂ī and Sunnī–on gender. It represents one of the earliest examples of what remains a common stance of Muslim modernists who espouse the idea of “equality but not uniformity” in discussing the status of women and women's rights in Muslim contexts.
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