Legal and literary perspectives is the title of saudi scholar mai yamanis 1996 book comprising the essays of a substantial number of women scholars who are articulating an emerging islamic feminism. Feminists, islam, and nation by margot badran overdrive. The historian and gender studies specialist margot badran has devoted her lifes work to the muslim world. Secular and religious convergences by margot badran. From islamic feminism to a muslim holistic feminism margot badran historian and gender studies specialist focusing on the middle east and islamic societies and a consultant on gender, culture and islam. This article focuses on the phenomenon of islamic feminism. Notes 1 badran, islamic feminism on the move, in margot badran, feminism in islam. Indiana university press, 1990, xvxvii 2 margot badran, feminism in islam. Some people do use the arguments of islamic feminism to defend islam from attacks relating to women and gender. Secular and religious convergences 9781851685561 by badran, margot and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. The egyptian feminist movement reached out to other arabs in the late 1930s and the 1940s. Portraying a counterdiscourse 5 cific context of lebanon and present the content the women that i interviewed provide along four coordinates. Contextualizing equality of gender in islam kamran shahid. Islamic feminism is generally grounded in the quran and islamic prac tice, and is articulated predominantly though not exclusively within an islamic paradigm badran 2009, 241.
Full text views reflects the number of pdf downloads, pdfs sent to. Her gender politics underscores the authenticity of. An historical overview of conferences on islamic feminism. Islamic feminism has much to contribute to furthering the promotion of shared values and especially to assure. See margot badran, islamischer femin 3 the terms in the conference title islamic feminisms, boundaries, politicscapture key concerns of this moment in the history of islamic feminism.
In this interview, she talks about the influence of patriarchy on islam and on how islamic feminist ideas draw on the quran and how they find their way into religious teachings. Indian muslim women activists and the reform of muslim personal law1 volume 42 special double issue sylvia vatuk. In their conception a muslim woman is a secluded and passive subject, who neither has any. While many in the west regard feminism and islam as a contradictio. The efu played a key role in the institutionalization of panarab feminism, or arab feminism, as distinct from feminisms in individual arab nations. Margot badran many in the west regard feminism and islam as a contradiction in terms. Drawing upon a wide range of womens sourcesmemoirs, letters, essays, journalistic articles, fiction, treatises, and extensive oral historiesmargot badran shows how egyptian women assumed agency and in so doing subverted and refigured the conventional patriarchal. Jul 22, 20 feminists, islam, and nation margot badran download here.
Drawing upon a wide range of womens sourcesmemoirs, letters, essays, journalistic articles, fiction, treatises, and extensive oral historiesmargot badran shows how egyptian women assumed agency and in so doing subverted and refigured the conventional patriarchal order. Pdf understanding islam, islamism, and islamic feminism. She explains in her writings that the radicalization that islamists political islam have corrupted islam with the image of. Borne out of over two decades of work, this volume provides a unique contribution to islam and gender studies. Feminists and islamists in egypt, in moghadam, valentine m. Secular and religious convergences as want to read. I first met margot badran at a conference in oldenburg, germany, in 2002, where she gave a keynote address on islamic feminism.
According to margot badran, islamic feminism emerged out of a critique of both patriarchal islam ism as well as of secular feminism. Islamic feminism appeared at the time of an accelerating islamist movement, according to the iranian ziba mirhosseini who initially supported the islamic. The best books on islam and feminism five books expert. Understanding islam, islamism, and islamic feminism margot badran bronwyn winters ambitious piece which covers wide ground reminds us of the challenges involved in debating and analyzing the complexities of gender, islam, islamism, fundamentalism, and feminism. The discourse of arabism and islam became more prominent in the articulation of the widening agenda. The first part is devoted to feminism in egypt, and the second traces the spread of feminism in the broader muslim world. Drawing upon a wide range of womens sourcesmemoirs, letters, essays, journalistic articles, fiction, treatises, and extensive oral historiesmargot badran shows how egyptian women assumed agency and in so doing subverted and refigured the. Margot badran explains that islamic feminism derives its understanding and mandate from the quran, seeks rights and justice for women, and for men, in the totality of their existence. In bosnia rising generations of muslim women and men emerging from an atheistic past and the horrors of war are finding their own way back to islam. In this careerspanning collection of influential essays, margot badran presents the feminisms that muslim women have created, and examines islamic and. Badran argues that both brands of womens activism are deeply entangled in their societys experience of islam as a cultural system and islamic modernism as a political reform movement. Secular and religious convergences by margot badran article in journal of middle east women s studies 72. Islamic feminism the term islamic feminism was first used in the 1990s. Feminists, islam, and nation princeton university press.
Drawing upon a wide range of womens sources memoirs, letters, essays, journalistic articles, fiction, treatises, and extensive oral histories feminists, islam, and nation tells this story. Without careful consideration of social context and everyday decisions, a sophisticated analytical. After providing an insight into the books main topics and ideas, an evaluation of badran s literary skills are provided to asses her credibility. Here she explains what feminism means in the context of islam and chooses five books that have been critical in its evolution. Islamic feminism feminism in the middle east is not a new phenomenon, it is more than a century old. Understanding islam, islamism, and islamic feminism. It provides a detailed summary of the defining theories and objectives of the movement and its role in contributing to raising awareness and as an agent for change as well. Margot badran is a scholaractivist and specialist in gender studies in the middle east and islamic world. It was the new interpretive work of the islamic feminists that produced the idea of full gender equality within the context of the familya gender equality that accounted for gender differenceas in keeping with islam. While her argument concerning these forms of feminism may be a running theme through the thirteen chapters of her book, badran also investigates the compatibility of islam with feminism. Islam, feminism, and islamic feminism between inadequacy and. Between secular and islamic feminisms from chem 32697 at citrus college.
However, the collection as a whole is diverse and distinguishes itself with its inclu sion of stories about. Islam, patriarchy, and feminism in the middle east margot badran the study of women in the middle east, now well into its second decade, has produced an impressive corpus of papers and periodical articles. To this end, badran goes so far as to state end page 115 that, i argue that secular feminism is islamic and islamic feminism is secular 206. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. International congress on islamic feminism, barcelona, spain, pp. While many in the west regard feminism and islam as a contradiction in terms, many muslims in the east have perceived western feminist forces in their midst as an assault upon their culture. Margot badran islamic feminism s as forms of consciousness, thinking, and practice are ascendant, yet in many places they still all too often go unnoticed. Drawing upon a wide range of womens sources memoirs, letters, essays, journalistic articles, fiction, treatises, and extensive oral histories margot badran shows how egyptian women assumed agency and in so doing subverted and refigured the conventional. Much of the focus of islamic feminism today centers on promoting genderjust personal status or family laws. Islamic feminism is on the whole more radical than muslims secular feminisms. She engage in a debate that aims to test the convergence between the two feminist movements, religious and secular, over time.
Notes includes bibliographical references and index. Hence, she chooses to entitle her book feminism in islam rather than islamic feminism. Despite these proscriptions upon feminism, badran explains that this gender activism is a new and unencumbered, analytic construct. Oct, 2010 islamic feminism dealing with problematic gender thinking and practices checks and rereads religious texts, and offers clarifications in favor of an egalitarian reading and practice of islam. The most confusing thing for the nonmuslims particularly in the western world is the position of women in islam. The emergence and evolution of egyptian feminism is an integral, but previously untold, part of the history of modern egypt. Margot badran on islamic feminism lebanese american university. From islamic feminism to a muslim holistic feminism. From islamic feminism to a muslim holistic feminism badran.
Feb 01, 2009 while many in the west regard feminism and islam as a contradiction in terms, many muslims in the east have perceived western feminist forces in their midst as an assault upon their culture. Feminists, islam, and nation margot badran download here. In this careerspanning collection of influential essays, margot badran presents the feminisms that muslim women have created, and examines islamic and secular feminist ideologies side by side. Energetic and passionate about her current research on islam s and feminism s, she spoke on how islamic. However, this is a grave misconception as margot badran illustrates in this careerspanning collection of influential essays. An overview of islamic feminism activities with a focus on the islamic feminism in the islamic republic of iran ann cathrin riedel term paper advanced seminar orientalism sinology islamic studies publish your bachelors or masters thesis, dissertation, term paper or essay.
As egalitarian islam gains ground it is increasingly being assailed by muslim conservatives whether they are. Nor is it evident that those who first used it were aware of the explosive impact that the juxtaposition of these two words was to have. Towards an islamic state feminism souad eddouada, renata pepicelli many scholars, including margot badran in her contribution to the present volume,1 regard the reform of the family code the code du statut personnel, or moudawana that was. Badran s feminism in islam gives a good overview of how feminism had developed historically in the middle east, with reference to egypt.
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