Secular, Islamic or Muslim feminism? The Place of Religion in Women’s Perspectives on Equality in Islam

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.13060/25706578.2019.20.2.482" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.13060/25706578.2019.20.2.482</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.13060/25706578.2019.20.2.482" target="_blank" >10.13060/25706578.2019.20.2.482</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Secular, Islamic or Muslim feminism? The Place of Religion in Women’s Perspectives on Equality in Islam

Original language description

An article deals with the theme of the Western focus on “Islamic feminism” which takes two extreme forms: it is often dismissed as an oxymoron for attaching a religious (patriarchal) adjective to an emancipatory feminist project, or it is hailed as a road to a liberal, reformed Islam. Many Muslim feminists refuse to use this term, some reject feminism outright. There is consequently a tension within the term that many Muslim women activists acknowledge. In order to gain a better understanding of how religious and secular discourses combine in “feminism in Islam”, this text aims to examine the place of religion in women’s emancipatory strategies. When we look at the history, strategies, discourses, and especially at the concept of “religion” Muslim women activists and thinkers deal with, a complex landscape emerges. “Islam” ceases to be a reference to a given religious paradigm but becomes itself a contested terrain, one with religious, but also political, legal, and institutional actors. Theological, hermeneutical, post-foundationalist, reformist, legal, and social activism all envisage “Islam” from different perspectives and locate the discriminatory aspects they resist in different fields of the Islamic paradigm or practice. The aim is to explore the meaning and practice of “feminism in Islam” while taking a critical approach to an essentialist understanding of both Islam and Islamic feminism.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research

ISSN

2570-6578

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

20

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

26-46

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85084670522