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Women hold an honored and significant role in Islam, both spiritually and socially. Islam emphasizes the equality of men and women in their relationship with God. The Qur'an clearly states, "Indeed, the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and believing women... for them Allah has prepared forgiveness and a great reward" (Qur'an 33:35 ...
WISE set up a shura council for women which makes religious statements about abuses against women. [7] While the council has no legal authority to issue fatwas, it is influential in many countries where Islam is the major religion. [7] The shura is a way to promote activism from within the system already in place where Shari'a law is used. [8]
Bowen edited Everyday Life in the Contemporary Middle East with Evelyn A. Early. [1] She has an upcoming book entitled Family Planning, Islam and the State. Her most cited article is "Abortion, Islam and the 1994 Cairo Population Conference" published in the International Journal of Middle East Studies Vol. 29, issue 2, May
The culture of education for women was established by the time of the revolution so that even after the revolution, large numbers of women entered civil service and higher education, [51] After the 1989 Iranian constitutional referendum, changes resulted in an improvement in the lives and opportunities of women. [52]
Canadian Woman Studies wrote that "the author provides a good account of the rise of fundamentalism in the Muslim world and how even western-educated women are willingly accepting and follow fundamentalist interpretations and practices of Islam." [1] The journal added that, according to the book, "women in Islamic countries are not just the ...
The Rights of Women in Islam: An Authentic Approach (St. Martin's Press, 1998) [4] Women, Islam, and Resistance in the Arab World (Lynne Rienner, 2013) with Maria Holt [5] Muslim Women and Sport (Routledge, 2010) (ed) with Gertrude Pfister and Tansin Benn [6] Towards Building a British Islam: New Muslims' Perspectives (Continuum, 2011)
Statistics from four United Nations studies, from 1990s, show that 16-19% of the women (age less than 50) were victims of domestic abuse within the previous 12-month period. 40-47% of the women had been subject to domestic violence during some period of their life. The studies were performed in villages (1992, 1993), Dhaka (2002) and Matlab ...
Furthermore, many states identify a specific derivative of the Islamic faith as their official religion. For example, sunni Islam is the official state religion of: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Jordan, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Somalia, and the United Arab Emirates. [16] Shia Islam is the official religion of Iran, which is a theocracy ...