Azizah Y. al-Hibri

Azizah Y. al-Hibri (born 1943) is an American philosopher and legal scholar who specializes in Islam and law. Quotes The northern Arabs of Jahiliyyah practised femal [sic] infanticide. It was prompted by one of two reasons: poverty or fear of shame (Mahmasāni; pp. 54-56). In the first case, some Arabs like Sa'sa'a Bin Najiah and Zeid Ibn Amrou Bin Nufayl, used to offer to buy these female infants from their fathers to save their lives. Sometimes, male infants were eliminated for this reason also, although only after there were no daughters left. Women and Islam (1982) External links Category:1943 births Category:Women academics from the United States Category:Editors from the United States Category:Feminists from the United States Category:Islamic scholars Category:Living people Category:Philosophers from the United States Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni Category:Women born in the 1940s