| Description |
xi, 244 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East |
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Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction / Mahnaz Afkhami -- 2. Reflections on the Politics of Gender in Muslim Societies: From Nairobi to Beijing / Deniz Kandiyoti -- 3. Arab Women's Rights and the Muslim State in the Twenty-first Century: Reflections on Islam as Religion and State / Fatima Mernissi -- 4. The Dichotomy Between Religious and Secular Discourse in Islamic Societies / Abdullahi An-Na'im -- 5. The Muted Voices of Women Interpreters / Bouthaina Shaaban -- 6. Networking for Change: The Role of Women's Groups in Initiating Dialogue on Women's Issues / Farida Shaheed -- 7. Rhetorical Strategies and Official Policies on Women's Rights: The Merits and Drawbacks of the New World Hypocrisy / Ann Elizabeth Mayer -- 8. The Ambiguity of Shari'a and the Politics of 'Rights' in Saudi Arabia / Eleanor Abdella Doumato -- 9. The Politics of Dishonor: Rape and Power in Pakistan / Shahla Haeri -- 10. Muslim Refugee, Returnee, and Displaced Women: Challenges and Dilemmas / Sima Wali |
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11. S.O.S. Algeria: Women's Human Rights Under Siege / Karima Bennoune -- 12. Women's Human Rights on Trial in Jordan: The Triumph of Toujan al-Faisal / Nancy Gallagher -- Appendix: 'They Insult Us ... and We Elect Them!!' / Toujan al-Faisal |
| Summary |
Over half a billion women live in the Muslim world. Despite the rich complexity of their social, cultural, and ethnic differences, they are often portrayed in monolithic terms. Such stereotyping, fueled by the resurgence of Islamic fundamentalism, has proved detrimental to Muslim women in their campaign for human rights. This book is the first detailed study to emphasize Muslim women's rights as human rights and to explore the existing patriarchal structures and processes that present women's human rights as contradictory to Islam. Academics and activists, most of whom live in the Muslim world, discuss the major issues facing women of the region as they enter the twenty-first century. They demonstrate how the cultural segregation of women, contradictory and conflicting legal codes, and the monopoly on the interpretation of religious texts held by a select group of male theologians, have resulted in domestic and political violence against women and the suppression of their rights. The contributors focus on ways and means of empowering Muslim women to participate in the general socialization process as well as in implementing and evaluating public policy |
| Notes |
Papers chiefly presented at a conference titled "Religion, culture, and women's human rights in the Muslim world," held Sept. 9-10, 1994 at the American University in Washington, D.C., and sponsored by Sisterhood Is Global Institute |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Muslim women -- Congresses.
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Muslim women.
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Women's rights -- Religious aspects -- Islam -- Congresses.
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Women's rights -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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Women's rights -- Islamic countries -- Congresses.
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Women's rights -- Islamic countries.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Afkhami, Mahnaz.
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| LC no. |
95021150 |
| ISBN |
0815626673 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0815626681 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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1860640087 (paperback) |
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