Please read LR, pages 416-419 and watch the documentary (in class) on “Me and the Mosque” written and directed by Zarqa Nawaz who visits mosques through Canada.
Promoting physical modesty Muslim women have adopted hijab (veiling) or in some instances burqa (covering over clothes). It creates and protects, many believe, the space of Muslim women.
The reintroduction of Islamic law (shariah) and resurgence of Islam, some consider, pronounces a negative impact on the status and role of women.
During the post-independent or post-colonial era Muslim women are becoming more visible in the professions – teachers, lawyers, engineers, physicians, etc. There are women who are entering into politics and religious life as well.
Muslim women scholars are also “carefully re-examining the Qur’an and Hadith to determine the historical realities and principles of women’s that have long been hidden behind an exclusively male interpretations of the traditions”.
Some of the these women scholars include the following:
1. Amina Wadud.
2. Sa’diyya Shaikh.
3. Kecia Ali.
4. Fatima Mernissi.
Promoting physical modesty Muslim women have adopted hijab (veiling) or in some instances burqa (covering over clothes). It creates and protects, many believe, the space of Muslim women.
The reintroduction of Islamic law (shariah) and resurgence of Islam, some consider, pronounces a negative impact on the status and role of women.
During the post-independent or post-colonial era Muslim women are becoming more visible in the professions – teachers, lawyers, engineers, physicians, etc. There are women who are entering into politics and religious life as well.
Muslim women scholars are also “carefully re-examining the Qur’an and Hadith to determine the historical realities and principles of women’s that have long been hidden behind an exclusively male interpretations of the traditions”.
Some of the these women scholars include the following:
1. Amina Wadud.
2. Sa’diyya Shaikh.
3. Kecia Ali.
4. Fatima Mernissi.
Muslim Women in Politics include the following:
1. Benazir Bhutto.
2. Khaleda Zia.
3. Hasina Wazed.
Some of you may find Irshad Manji’s, The Trouble with Islam: A Wake-Up Call for Honesty and Change (2003) interesting or irritating but certainly it will illuminate on the “becoming” that is happening now in the Muslim community!
Question to Explore:
Discuss and comment on the “women’s struggle” within the Muslim community as you see it.
1. Benazir Bhutto.
2. Khaleda Zia.
3. Hasina Wazed.
Some of you may find Irshad Manji’s, The Trouble with Islam: A Wake-Up Call for Honesty and Change (2003) interesting or irritating but certainly it will illuminate on the “becoming” that is happening now in the Muslim community!
Question to Explore:
Discuss and comment on the “women’s struggle” within the Muslim community as you see it.
