Sexuality in Islam

Contents: Preface vii Part I: The Islamic view of sexuality 1 1 The Quran and the question of sexuality 7 2 Sexual prohibitions in Islam 14 3 The eternal and Islamic feminine 19 4 The frontier of the sexes 30 5 Purity lost, purity regained 43 6 Commerce with the invisible 58 7 The infinite orgasm 72 8 The sexual and the sacral 88 Part II: Sexual practice in Islam 101 9 Sexuality and sociality 103 10 Variations on eroticism: misogyny, mysticism and 'mujun' 116 11 Erotology 140 12 Certain practices 159 13 In the kingdom of the mothers 212 Conclusion 231 Notes 250 Bibliography 273