Textos- Feminisme Islamic

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ISLAMIC FEMINISM? WHAT’S IN A NAME? Preliminary Reflections

by Omaima Abou-Bakr A recent trend among scholars of Middle Eastern and women’s studies is the preoccupation with what has been termed as the new phenomenon of ‘Islamic feminism’ and/or Muslim feminists. Attempts are being currently made to define it and delineate its parameters, and some...

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Dilemmas of Islamic and Secular Feminists and Feminisms

By Huma Ahmed-Ghosh This paper explores ways in which a multifaceted understanding of Islamic feminism can contribute to productive dialogue about the future of Muslim women in both Islamic and secular states. Towards that end I will discuss the numerous interpretations of Islamic, secular, collaborative...

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Muslim Women’s Quest for Equality: Between Islamic Law and Feminism

By Ziba Mir Hosseini Muslim jurists claim, and all Muslims believe, that justice and equality are intrinsic values and cardinal principles in Islam and the sharia. If this is the case, in a state that claims to be guided by the sharia, why are justice and equality not reﬂected in the laws that regulate...

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Globalizing Equality. Double oppressions; double critiques

By Asma Barlas Third International Congress on Islamic Feminism, Barcelona, October 25, 2008 This time, our focus is on globalization and the double oppression of Muslim women resulting from both neo-liberalism and religious fundamentalism, and our charge is to analyze how Islamic feminists (and I assume,...

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Qur’anic Hermeneutics and Women’s Liberation

By Asma Barlas International Congress on Islamic Feminism, Barcelona, Spain, October 29, 2005 I’ve been asked to share my work on the Qur’an, and I will do so with the intent of demonstrating a connection between a Qur’anic hermeneutics and Muslim women’s liberation. Specifically, I will...

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Constructing the Notion of Male Superiority over Women in Islam

By Dahila Eissa The influence of sex and gender stereotyping in the interpretation of the Qur’an and the implications for a modernist exegesis of rights Published by Women Living Under Muslim Laws in November 1999 © Women Living Under Muslim Laws and Dahila Eissa The author is indebted to the American...

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Towards an Islamic Feminist Hermeneutic

By Na’eem Jeenah Islamic scriptures – the Qur’ān and hadīth – contain the moral and ethical elements to develop a society based on egalitarianism – including gender equality. The challenge that faces feminist scholars of these scriptures is to develop and use hermeneutical models that reveal...

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Muslims Women’s Rights in the Global Village: Challenges and Opportunities

By Azizah Yahia al-Hibri † This article was reprinted by permission of the Journal of Law and Religion Introduction In this age of information technology that shrank our world into a global village, it is fair to ask how this recent development has impacted Muslim women’s rights across the world. ...

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TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY IN THE ARAB/MIDDLE EAST REGION: ISLAM, CULTURE, AND FEMINIST ACTIVISM

By Valentine Moghadam 1. Introduction Social indicators and gender statistics reveal that women in the Arab region are on average more disadvantaged economically, politically, and socially than are women in other regions, and certainly more so than in regions with similar income levels or at similar...

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The Quest For Gender Justice

By Ziba Mir Hosseinni Appeared In ISLAM 21, ISSUE NO. 36, May 2004 If justice and fairness are inherent in Islam — as fuqaha claim and all Muslims believe — should they not be reﬂected in laws regulating relations between men and women and their respective rights? Why have women been...

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