Changing Gender Norms in Islam Between Reason and Revelation

Changing Gender Norms in Islam Between Reason and Revelation
ISBN-10
3863882989
ISBN-13
9783863882983
Category
Social Science
Pages
247
Language
English
Published
2018-07-16
Publisher
Verlag Barbara Budrich
Author
Marziyeh Bakhshizadeh

Description

Women‘s movements in Islamic countries have had a long and arduous journey in their quest for the realization of human rights and genuine equality. The author examines whether discriminatory laws against women do in fact originate from Islam and, ultimately, if there is any interpretation of Islam compatible with gender equality. She investigates women’s rights in Iran since the 1979 Revolution from the perspectives of the main currents of Islamic thought, fundamentalists, reformists, and seculars, using a sociological explanation.

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