Between feminism and Islam : human rights and Sharia Law in Morocco /

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There are two major women's movements in Morocco: the Islamists who hold shari'a as the platform for building a culture of women's rights, and the feminists who use the United Nations' framework to amend shari'a law. Between Feminism and Islam shows how the interactions of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Salime, Zakia
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2011.
Series:Social movements, protest, and contention ; v. 36.
Subjects:
Feminism > Morocco.
Muslim women > Political activity > Morocco.
Women in Islam > Morocco.
Human rights > Morocco.
Féminisme > Maroc.
Musulmanes > Activité politique > Maroc.
Femmes dans l'islam > Maroc.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Maroc.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Feminism
Human rights
Muslim women > Political activity
Women in Islam
Morocco
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Gender and the nation state: family law, scholars, activists, and dissidents
  • Feminization of the Islamist movements: the one million signature campaign
  • Reversing the feminist gains: the Islamist mass rally of 2000
  • Feminism and Islamism redefined: in light of the 2003 terror attack on Casablanca
  • Subversive veiling: beyond the binary of the secular and the religious.

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