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Discussion Questions for Mernissi's "A Tradition of Misogyny":

  1. When did Abu Bakra recall his hadith regarding women rulers?  Why is that significant?
  2. How does Mernissi establish Abu Bakra’s lack of qualifications for transmitting hadith?
  3. What was the status of this hadith?  Did everyone accept this hadith as authentic?
Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. Afsaruddin, A. (2007, May 06). Mernissi Article Discussion Questions. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/arabic-and-middle-east-studies/women-in-islamic-societies/lecture-and-study-materials/mernissi-article-discussion-questions. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Creative Commons License