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An Islam of her own : reconsidering religion and secularism in women's Islamic movements /

"As the world grapples with issues of religious fanaticism, extremist politics, and rampant violence that seek justification in either "religious" or "secular" discourses, women who claim Islam as a vehicle for individual and social change are often either regarded as pious...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hafez, Sherine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"As the world grapples with issues of religious fanaticism, extremist politics, and rampant violence that seek justification in either "religious" or "secular" discourses, women who claim Islam as a vehicle for individual and social change are often either regarded as pious subjects who subscribe to an ideology that denies them many modern freedoms, or as feminist subjects who seek empowerment only through rejecting religion and adopting secularist discourses. Such assumptions emerge from a common trend in the literature to categorize the 'secular' and the 'religious' as polarizing categories, which in turn mitigates the identities, experiences and actions of women in Islamic societies. Yet in actuality Muslim women whose activism is grounded in Islam draw equally on principles associated with secularism."--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 191 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-182) and index.
ISBN:9780814773055
0814773052
9780814790724
0814790720