Muslim Feminism: Contemporary Debates
Handbook of Contemporary Islam and Muslim Lives, Ronald Lukens-Bull,Mark Woodward, Editör, Springer International Publishing Ag, Zürich, ss.865-887, 2021
- Yayın Türü: Kitapta Bölüm / Araştırma Kitabı
- Basım Tarihi: 2021
- Doi Numarası: 10.1007/978-3-030-32626-5_45
- Yayınevi: Springer International Publishing Ag
- Basıldığı Şehir: Zürich
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.865-887
- Editörler: Ronald Lukens-Bull,Mark Woodward, Editör
- Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
This chapter discusses Muslim feminists’ engagement with issues around the rights of Muslim women in contemporary Muslim societies, particularly in the realm of Islamic jurisprudence. The chapter begins by defining Muslim feminism: a field of endeavor developed by Muslim female theologians and activists who aim to generate an egalitarian family law from within an Islamic legal framework. Muslim feminism is based on a holistic framework that combines the teachings and objectives of the Qur’an and the sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad with international human rights principles, constitutional guarantees of women’s equality, and the lived experiences of Muslim women. The chapter then discusses Muslim feminist organizations acting as pressure groups asking governments for legislative reforms, raising public awareness about the discriminatory experiences of Muslim women, and building woman’s solidarity to expand the idea of egalitarian Islamic jurisprudence. The sections which follow analyze the arguments and activism through which Muslim feminists support the equal rights of women in matrimony, defend women’s postdivorce rights, and combat all forms of violence against women.