Jonathan A.C. Brown

American scholar of Islamic studies · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1977 · age 49

Jonathan Andrew Cleveland Brown is an American scholar of Islamic studies. Since 2012, he has served as a professor at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. He holds the Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization at Georgetown University.

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2019“As noted earlier, marriage and a male's ownership of a female slave were the two relationships in which sex could licitly occur according to the Shariah.”In their wordsJonathan A. C. Brown (2019) Slavery & Islam, pp. 281-282 Jonathan A.C. Brown (2019) Slavery & Islam, London: Oneworld Publications, ChapterRead the whole statement

“The Shariah offered protection to both wives and slave-concubines, but it came not under the rubric of consent but that of harm.”In their wordsJonathan A.C. Brown (2019) Slavery & Islam, London: Oneworld Publications, Chapter 7, p. 96, ISBN 978-1-78607-635-9Read the whole statement

2017“Here the Shariah historically worked differently from modern laws on marital rape, which originated in the 1970s. But the effect is similar: protection.”In their words16 February 2017Muslim MattersRead the whole statement

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