"Al-Nasafi added an undeniable shade of violence to his discussion on marital rape. While he argued that a necessary c…"

"Coercion within marriage or concubinage might be repugnant, but it remained fundamentally legal."

"...marital rape is an oxymoron; rape (ightisab) is a property crime that by definition cannot be committed by a husband."

"Though I believe in the strongest possible terms that meaningful consent is a prerequisite for ethical sexual relatio…"

"For premodern Muslim jurists, as well as for those marginal figures who believe that the permission still holds, the …"

"Thus, marital rape is literally uncriminalizable under dominant interpretations of shari‘a."

"The last solution offered by Al-Kasani is especially disturbing, since it forces a wife to engage in non-consensual s…"

"A woman went out to pray at the time of the Prophet, and she was met by a man who attacked her and had his way with h…"

"It is otherwise where a woman, residing in the house of her husband, refuses to admit him to the conjugal embrace, as…"

"A man may gratify his passion with his female slave in whatever way he pleases. It is lawful for a man to perform the…"