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Contemporary Temporary Marriage
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- Badran, Sammy Z.
- Turnbull, Brian
Contemporary Temporary Marriage
Within Islam, a temporary marriage generally implies a short-term marriage between a man and a woman that does not come with a long-term commitment and may or may not have an explicit, pre-established timeline or endpoint. The partial religious legitimation of temporary marriage via Islamic fatwas has recently revived the institution. This paper aims to answer how, and under what conditions, temporary marriage can be either exploitative or liberating for individual women.- Creator
- Badran, Sammy Z.
- Turnbull, Brian
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Judging by appearances
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- Pasha-Zaidi, Nausheen
Judging by appearances
Authors studied perceived discrimination among South Asian Muslim women living in the United States (US) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). US participants reported greater perceptions of discrimination than UAE participants. In both countries, perceived discrimination mainly took the form of subtle nuances rather than direct harassment. Although participants reported the greatest intensity of perceived discrimination at work, hijabis (women who wear the Islamic headscarf) felt this more than non-hijabis. Conversely, non-hijabis felt greater intensity of discrimination in social spaces within Muslim contexts than hijabis. Despite feeling most comfortable socializing with either Muslims or South Asians, participants felt that, aside from strangers, their greatest sources of perceived discrimination also came from within their religious or cultural groups. Discussion of perceived discrimination touches upon the social aspects of being a South Asian Muslim in a Western secular context and a globalized Islamic one.- Creator
- Pasha-Zaidi, Nausheen
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Arab Women's Education and Gender Perceptions
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- Hamdan, Amani
Arab Women's Education and Gender Perceptions
Studies focusing exclusively on the connection between Arab Muslim women's educational pursuits and their gender perceptions, and how their gender perceptions may have changed as a result of living in two different cultures, are rarely conducted. Additionally, the factors that may influence an Arab Muslim woman's educational pursuits seem seldom investigated. This article is highlighting some factors that may influence Arab Muslim women's gender perceptions. In researching Arab Muslim women's experiences, I considered the diversity and multiplicity of their race, ethnicity, class, and experience. How Arab Muslim women construct the gender aspect of their identities and how these identities may have changed or shifted as a result of living in Canada and attending Canadian educational institutions is explored. The cultural and religious reproduction of gender socialization is a major part of the analysis in this article.- Creator
- Hamdan, Amani
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Legal injustices
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- Imran, Rahat
Legal injustices
This paper explores the trend of sexual violence against women that emerged in Pakistan with the introduction of the Islamization process through the implementation of the Sharia laws since 1979. The focal pont is rape and the state legislation that governs it, namely the Zina Hudood Ordinance and the Law of Evidence, and how the gender-discriminatory nature of these laws serves as a powerful weapon in the hands of the patriarchal society of Pakistan to suppress women. These laws and their rigid interpretation in the name of Islam have not only furthered oppression and sexual violence against women to an alarming degree in Pakistan, but also seriously destroyed women's chances of equal justice. The factors that led to the implementation and survival of such laws in the first place, and consequently how rape became a intimidating weapon against women, are discussed. The paper examines the various political, social, cultural and religous factors that contribute to this situation, and the legal and social complexities involved for women in seeking justice in rape cases. In conclusion Pakistani women's initiative in evolving and building an organized resistance and struggle for the cancellation of gender discriminatory laws are discussed.- Creator
- Imran, Rahat
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The ground beneath her feet
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- Nesiah, Vasuki
The ground beneath her feet
In this paper the author pays attention to the veil in relation to third world feminisms. Third world feminisms pursue political agendas inserted to post-colonial nationhood and internationalised feminisms.- Creator
- Nesiah, Vasuki
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Women's space 'Inside the Haveli'
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- Grace, Daphne
Women's space 'Inside the Haveli'
Daphne Grace, lecturer in English literature at the University of Sussex, problematises concepts of female space by way of two examples from literature, one from hindu India and one from muslim Algeria. She analyses interpretations of the role of women in terms of the traditional place of woman behind the screen of purdah, within the confines of the harem or haveli.- Creator
- Grace, Daphne
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