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- Journal of International Women's Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2008
- Magazine Number
- 3
- Creator
- Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma
- Thesaurus
- islam, extremisme, feminisme, empowerment, recht
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2014
- Magazine Number
- 2
- Creator
- Crosby, Emilye
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- hoofddoeken, islam, extremisme, feminisme, identiteit, seksisme, overheid, Frankrijk, 21e eeuw
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- In the early months of 2010, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy told Parliament that the burqa is “not welcome” in France, citing this as a step to defend France against extremists. Employing Edward Said’s theoretical notion of “Orientalism” as means of discussing the “Other,” I argue for a more critical look at France’s role in limiting religious freedom and denying notions of female agency. More specifically, I urge a more diversified view of feminism and female identity outside of the Western paradigm. By viewing the veil as a rhetorically universal symbol of oppression, Western feminists and political figures are missing the opportunity to recognize the diversity of religious adherence and feminist agency that exist in a variety of forms, some of which are highlighted in this paper. While touting the ban’s role in promoting gender equality, Sarkozy employs “faux feminism”– a specious appropriation of feminist sentiment to rationalize Orientalist aims. In effect, this approach reifies Muslim women as victims in need of Western“ heroes” while promoting a unique form of sexist Islamophobia.'
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2006
- Magazine Number
- 1
- Creator
- Ali, Farhana
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- moslima's, islam, extremisme, martelaressen, terrorisme, geweld
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- Attacks by the mujahidaat are arguably more deadly than those conducted by male fighters and could motivate other Muslim women to adopt suicide as the tactic of choice. The use of Muslim women to conduct martyrdom, or suicide, operations by male-dominated terrorist groups could have implications on the jihadi mindset, challenging more conservative groups such as Al Qaeda, to reconsider the utility of the Muslim woman on the front lines of jihad. These terrorist groups will likely exploit women to conduct operations on their behalf to advance their goals and achieve tactical gain. Muslim women are increasingly joining the global jihad, partly motivated by religious conviction to change the plight of Muslims under occupation, but others are actively recruited by Al Qaeda and local terrorist groups strained by increased arrests and deaths of male operatives to fight in the name of Islam. Convinced of the operational advantages of using a female fighter, and the media attention she garners—including some sympathy from the Muslim world—men began to rely on women to carry out attacks. While women enlisted and played a pivotal role in operations, including the veteran Palestinian female Leila Khalid for a myriad of successful hijackings in the late 1960s and early 1970s, counterterrorism experts and analysts rarely focused on female terrorists.
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2020
- Magazine Number
- 1
- Creator
- Ola, Temitope P.
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- terrorisme, extremisme, islam, rolgedrag, vrouwen, Chad
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- The study examines how the role that women play in Boko Haram’s terrorist activities in the LCB can be understood. It concludes that the answer to terrorism in Lake Chad Basin (LCB) lies in a holistic engagement of women, in the local communities, to address the basic issues which precipitate terrorism.
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