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The paper "feminism in Iran - Does Such a Thing Exist" discusses that in June 2009 there were elections in Iran.... The topic of this essay is 'feminism in Iran'.... In doing so she cites the scholars who would vehemently argue against any possibility that activists who are operating within the Iranian Islamic framework can be described with any accuracy as being 'Islamic feminists' She also asked 'Is Islamic feminism part of a broad reform movement in Iran, or is it an attempt to legitimize the state's gender policy?...
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The relationship between islam and feminism has understandably been a rocky one and one that has radically changed over the years.... In fact, the feminist movement in islam can be seen as the third wave of feminism that is striving to fight against cultural inequalities inherent in some of the more traditional Muslim doctrines (Badran, 1986).... This paper will deal with the current trend of Islamic feminism in an effort to bridge these differences of opinion and to move this dominant world religion towards a culture that is more accommodating of individual differences, while still honoring age-old traditions of religious, moral, and social values....
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feminism has a crucial significance in the development of our modern society, which cannot be underestimated.... As a result, the health of the hunger strikers was that seriously undermined, which drew attention to the unjustified cruelty of the legislative system of that time, and thus, to the ideas of feminism.... The second half of the XX century (the 1960s) in world culture was marked by a 'Second Wave' feminism, which was rethinking the role of women in society and was aimed to remove socio-cultural gender discrimination....
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feminists have tended to focus on alternative spirituality movements and religions.... feminists have arrived at the conclusion that the core texts do not maintain systematic discrimination and prejudice towards women.... rganized religions like Christianity, Judaism, and islam have been traditionally dominated and interpreted by men.... The paper 'The Relationship between feminism and Religion' presents the nineteenth and twentieth centuries which saw the proliferation of new ideas and expressions which radically altered the world....
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This paper ''feminism in Iran'' tells us that this sign in the window of an Iranian shop can be translated as, 'No service to women with a loose veil or without hijab, not even to our old customers.... The topic of this essay is 'feminism in Iran'.... In doing so she cites the scholars who would vehemently argue against any possibility that activists who are opting within the Iranian Islamic framework can be described with any cause as being 'Islamic feminists' She also asked 'Is Islamic feminism part of a broad reform movement in Iran, or is it an attempt to legitimize the state's gender policy?...
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s the name implies, the UN decade was a ten year plan that women that converged at the UN summit meeting arrived at a way of influencing feminism in the world.... On the other hand, secular feminism is the application of European or discourses that are not from the Islamic faith as part of the global feminist movement in which Islamic feminists have come to incorporate in their feminism movements.... For instance, the death of Muhammad was one of the reasons that Islamic feminists adopted patriarchal traits that were contravening to rights granted to women by Muhammad....
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This essay "Global, not Western, feminism: Localizing Global Feminist Values and Actions" decsribes key characteristics of global feminism.... Transnational feminism emphasizes the universal principles that drive human rights and other issues which require negotiation at global levels (Basu 435), while Western feminism is criticized as being too region-centered and Eurocentric because it is a reaction to Western realities and values that are not similar for every woman across the globe....
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In conclusion, the status and rights of women in islam are unprecedentedly high and suitable to their nature.... The paper "Decline of Women's Rights in the muslim World" focuses on the critical analysis of the decline of women's rights in the muslim world.... As such, a muslim man should not hinder his wife from going out to seek religious knowledge.... A muslim woman is entitled to the freedom of speech and expression as much as a man....
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