scholarly journals Women’s Ijtihad and Lady Amin’s Islamic Ethics on Womanhood and Motherhood

Religions ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Rahbari
Keyword(s):  
Gender Politics ◽  
Scholarly Work ◽  
Women And Gender ◽  
Islamic Ethics ◽  
Islamic History ◽  
Specific Focus ◽  
The Status ◽  
Women Scholars ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Great Knowledge

Women’s position, identity, and value in Islam have been affected by androcentric interpretations of the Qur’an and hadith throughout Islamic history. Women’s roles in society, as well as their position vis-à-vis Islamic sources and authority, have been shaped by these interpretations. In Shi’a Islam, due to the majority male clergy’s resistance, women have rarely reached the highest loci of Shi’i authority and jurisprudence. However, there have been women scholars who have transgressed these normative frameworks. Lady Amin, who was one of the most prominent Iranian theologians of the 19th and 20th centuries, is a notable example. Lady Amin had great knowledge of jurisprudence and gained the status of mujtahida at the age of forty. Her scholarly work addressed not only interpretations of the Qur’an and hadith, but also women’s issues and gender politics of her time. This study addresses women’s ijtihad in Shi’a Islam and investigates Lady Amin’s teachings on the topics of womanhood and motherhood. This study focuses on Lady Amin’s book of Islamic ethics, titled Ways of Happiness: Suggestions for Faithful Sisters, written as a Shi’i source of guidance with a specific focus on women and gender in Shi’a Islam.

Values and Gender Equality between Islam and the West

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 79-94
Author(s):  
Moulay Rachid Mrani
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Women And Gender ◽  
The West ◽  
Living Together ◽  
The Status ◽  
Muslim Intellectuals ◽  
Multiple Challenges ◽  
And Gender

If the development of technology, means of communication, and rapid transportation have made continents closer and made the world a small village, the outcome of the ensuing encounters among cultures and civilizations is far from being a mere success. Within this new reality Muslims, whether they live in majority or minority contexts, face multiple challenges in terms of relating to non-Muslim cultures and traditions. One of these areas is the status of women and gender equality. Ali Mazrui was one of the few Muslim intellectuals to be deeply interested in this issue. His dual belonging, as an African and as a westerner, enable him to understand such issues arising from the economic, political, and ethical contrasts between the West and Islam. This work pays tribute to this exceptional intellectual’s contribution toward the rapprochement between the western and the Islamic value systems, illustrating how he managed to create a “virtual” space for meeting and living together between two worlds that remain different yet dependent upon each other. 

scholarly journals Conference on: “The Status of Gender Research in Denmark and the Arab Region” - January 14-16, 2008

1970 ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Lebanese American University
Keyword(s):  
Women's Studies ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Women And Gender ◽  
Arab Region ◽  
Women’S Studies ◽  
Gender Research ◽  
The Status ◽  
And Gender

The Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) at the LebaneseAmerican University (LAU) and the Danish Center for Information on Women and Gender (KVINFO) held a conference entitled: “The Status of Gender Research in Denmark and the Arab Region”.

scholarly journals Nefissa Naguib, Women, Water and Memory

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 144-146
Author(s):  
Sharon Sasson
Keyword(s):  
Way Of Life ◽  
Women And Gender ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Anthropological Study ◽  
Palestinian Society ◽  
Anthropological Research ◽  
The Status ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Interdisciplinary Study ◽  
The Village

Nefissa Naguib’s book is the third in Brill’s Women and Gender series. It isan interdisciplinary study comprising an anthropological discussion, socialgender theories, and a geographical discussion. The book is primarily basedon anthropological research and presents the stories of eight women fromthe Palestinian village of Musharafah—and by means of which, it createsa discourse that examines the changes that have taken place in the status ofwomen in Palestinian society, and their functioning following the politicaland economic changes in Palestinian society in general, and in Musharafahin particular. Water is the connecting thread between the stories of the eightwomen and the analysis of their social functioning in the village.The extensive preface to the book is part of a long theoretical introduction,in which the author explains that “It is a story about how water is anendlessly evolving enactment of gender, family and community relationships”(1). She reviews the aims of the book in general, provides a generaldescription of the village and its women, and discusses terms—such as“society of women”—which she will use extensively in the book. The secondpart of the theoretical introduction, entitled “The Women and TheirStories,” describes the way of life that is a backdrop for the women’s stories,and the importance of water as a component in each story.The book is comprised of two parts. Part 1, “About Musharafah,” includesthe first two chapters, which also constitute a theoretical review,and serve as the basis for the anthropological study and analysis in Part 2 ...

Values and Gender Equality between Islam and the West

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 79-94
Author(s):  
Moulay Rachid Mrani
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Women And Gender ◽  
The West ◽  
Living Together ◽  
The Status ◽  
Muslim Intellectuals ◽  
Multiple Challenges ◽  
And Gender

If the development of technology, means of communication, and rapid transportation have made continents closer and made the world a small village, the outcome of the ensuing encounters among cultures and civilizations is far from being a mere success. Within this new reality Muslims, whether they live in majority or minority contexts, face multiple challenges in terms of relating to non-Muslim cultures and traditions. One of these areas is the status of women and gender equality. Ali Mazrui was one of the few Muslim intellectuals to be deeply interested in this issue. His dual belonging, as an African and as a westerner, enable him to understand such issues arising from the economic, political, and ethical contrasts between the West and Islam. This work pays tribute to this exceptional intellectual’s contribution toward the rapprochement between the western and the Islamic value systems, illustrating how he managed to create a “virtual” space for meeting and living together between two worlds that remain different yet dependent upon each other. 

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