{"id":1654,"date":"2012-08-08T12:47:06","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T16:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/?post_type=event&p=1654"},"modified":"2012-12-20T11:35:52","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T16:35:52","slug":"the-potential-an-promise-of-feminist-voices-in-islam","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/staging\/2435\/event\/the-potential-an-promise-of-feminist-voices-in-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"A Way Out of the \u201cDead-End \u201d of Feminism vs. Islam : The Potential and Promise of Feminist Voices in Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ziba<\/p>\n

In the last two decades of the twentieth century, a growing confrontation between political Islam and feminism made links between theology, law, and politics transparent. The Islamist agenda of policing women\u2019s presence and gender relations in public space has led to the emergence of forms of activism that have challenged patriarchal interpretations of the Shari\u2019a from within the Muslim tradition, a movement that has come to be known as \u201cIslamic feminism.\u201d<\/p>\n

This lecture will explore the movement\u2019s potential for changing the terms of debates over Islam and gender, arguing that the real battle is between patriarchy and despotism on the one hand, and gender equality and democracy on the other.<\/p>\n

Dr. Ziba Mir-Hosseini<\/a> is a legal anthropologist specializing in Islamic law, gender, and development. She is currently Professorial Research Associate at the Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Law, University of London.<\/p>\n

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