Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate.

Kapteijns, Lidwien; Ahmed, Leila

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“…65 , 66 , 67 This limitation has been historically purposeful; addressing a number of societal issues at the time of Islam's revelation in the seventh century including false accusations of adultery against women. 68 The restriction to married couples reaffirms Sharia's moral commitment to the preservation of lineage, the significance of which stems from the norms of the tribal society into which Islam was first revealed, and where an individual's family determined their place in the community. Its preservation is believed to have been instructed to ensure that children were recognized by their fathers and were not deprived of their birthrights.…”

Section: The Preservation Of Known Lineagementioning

confidence: 96%

Motherhood, Fairness, and Flourishing: Widening Reproductive Choices in Saudi Arabia

Muaygil

2023

Camb Q Healthc Ethics

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In a landmark Fatwa, Saudi Arabia’s highest religious authority—The Council of Senior Scholars—declared the Islamic permissibility of oocyte cryopreservation. The fatwa sanctioned the retrieval, preservation, and future use of oocytes, ovarian tissue, and whole ovaries from cancer patients receiving gonadotoxic interventions. Although momentous, the fatwa’s specification of cancer patients effectively rendered this technology unavailable to others to whom it may be similarly beneficial, including patients with other medical conditions or patients seeking elective cryopreservation. This article argues in favor of widening reproductive choices through expanded access to oocyte cryopreservation in Saudi Arabia—regardless of the underlying cause of infertility—on three grounds: the technology’s compliance with Islamic law, as a matter of fairness in medical practice, and as a means to support the well-being and flourishing of Saudi women within the context of a national societal and economic transformation strategy closely linked to their success.

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Section: The Preservation Of Known Lineagementioning

confidence: 96%

Motherhood, Fairness, and Flourishing: Widening Reproductive Choices in Saudi Arabia

Muaygil

2023

Camb Q Healthc Ethics

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“…The praxis of Muslim feminists tends naturally toward critiques of White feminism due to colonialism's historical and current linking to myths of Muslim misogyny as exceptional (Badran et al, 2007;Hamidi, 2017). A racialized subhuman and exceptionally misogynistic Muslim other remains at the center of explanations in the media for legislative, social, economic, and military oppression (Ahmed, 1992;Moghissi, 1999;Said, 1979). Islamophobia is basically just racism, and any decolonial practice of resisting racial capitalism must reject it.…”

Section: Weaponized Feminism and Gendered Islamophobiamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There is a widespread consensus in the literature that the patriarchal and colonizing force of the EuroUS Empire has co-opted feminist discourses and sexual politics in weaponizing feminism against Muslim communities and Muslim majority countries through gendered Islamophobia (Zine, 2006). Islamophobia and feminism have been linked in targeting Muslim women and the whole Muslim community and have contributed to entrenching patriarchy in Muslim communities and Muslim majority societies (Ahmed, 1992;Moghissi, 1999). The praxis of Muslim feminists tends naturally toward critiques of White feminism due to colonialism's historical and current linking to myths of Muslim misogyny as exceptional (Badran et al, 2007;Hamidi, 2017).…”

Section: Weaponized Feminism and Gendered Islamophobiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Islamic feminist liberation psychology and peacebuilding: Case studies of Muslim women in community organizing in restorative justice and parenting.

Mohr,

Afi

2023

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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Depictions of Muslims as violent and misogynistic in the media require a theoretical and concrete response from Muslims, particularly Muslim women. The tradition of liberation psychology (LP) contains a framework for theorizing alternatives to hegemonic narratives in the foundational concepts of deideologizing reality and utilizing the virtues of the people. Islamic feminist LP, a rapidly expanding field of liberation theory, has a particular interest in these concepts. This article contributes to the building of Islamic feminist LP by exploring peacebuilding in the work of three women in the San Francisco Bay Area community as key informants. These women's experiences in community organizing around parenting and restorative justice show how Muslim women are transforming society through peacebuilding. Public Significance StatementThis article contributes new ideas to the growing field of Islamic liberation psychology. Additionally, the use of case studies to present evidence contributes to the possibilities of research outside of the academy. The conclusion that Muslim women are working toward peace in their day-to-day lives through restorative justice and parenting elevates the voices of Muslim women as they are, separate from media representations.

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“…Aideed based his effort in Ethiopia, formed his own branch of the USC and began recruiting former soldiers who had defect from the Somali National Army in addition to mujahidin (jihad fighters). 19 He also formed a close and formal relationship with Somali National Movement (SNM).…”

Section:  General Mohamed Farah Hassan Aideed and United Somali Congressmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Aideed's IO campaign focused on anti-Darod rhetoric perpetuating the view that the clan represented "all urban wealth and power." 24 This representation was not difficult for Aideed to support considering at the time of Barre's fall, of the 103 key leadership positons held in the Barre regime, 56 were Darod followed by 25 Hawiye clan positions. 25 Aideed's USC faction target of the opposition and the civilians that composed them did not enjoy the sanctity of security typically afforded to noncombatants.…”

Section:  Ali Mahdi Mohammed and United Somali Congressmentioning

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Warlords of the Somali Civil War (1988-1995)

Hall¹

2015

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This paper argues that following the fall of Mohammed Siad Barre's regime, leaders of different opposition groups mobilized the government, military, and clan structures towards their own political ends, leading to renewed conflict. Two primary protagonists dominated the Somali Civil War; General Mohammed Farah Aideed and Ali Mahdi Mohammed. Secondary protagonists were Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan and Ahmed Omar Jess. Each warlord used the factions they led, the Somali government, military and people as instruments for pursuing their political interest. Each political leader's interests and the instruments they used to pursue those interests will be analyzed in three categories: government, military and people. The Somali National Front, the Somali Patriotic Movement and the United Somali Congress are the three factions the aforementioned leaders led. Most of these groups were bred out of Somali National Movement. 1 As groups with various interests/agenda emerged, I intend to explain how the faction leaders functioned as political entities inculcating a culture of violence and depravity.

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Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate.

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Motherhood, Fairness, and Flourishing: Widening Reproductive Choices in Saudi Arabia

Motherhood, Fairness, and Flourishing: Widening Reproductive Choices in Saudi Arabia

Islamic feminist liberation psychology and peacebuilding: Case studies of Muslim women in community organizing in restorative justice and parenting.

Warlords of the Somali Civil War (1988-1995)

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