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Islam and the Veil: Theoretical and Regional Contexts, edited by Theodore Gabriel and Rabiha Hannan. Bloomsbury, 2011. 224pp., Hb. 39.95., ISBN-13: 9781441135193
... They determined that the veil was a cultural practice linked with high social standing in Arabia, particularly among Assyrian, Roman, Greek, Jewish, and Indian populations. When Muslims conquered these territories, they became part of Islam and ordinary Muslim women who donned the hijab as a permanent moral requirement triumphed (Ahmad, 1992;Syed, 2004;Grech, 2016). Traditional religious organizations have ruled in Pakistan, restricting women to domestic childbearing and household tasks under the guise of "boudoir," barring them from participating in political life. ...
Women account for over half of the global population, yet women are politically marginalized and underrepresented in third-world countries. Long-standing conventional structural and socioeconomic difficulties hurt their mobility, socialization, political and electoral engagement, and participation in decision-making forums. They cannot make significant changes to socio-political trends because of their lim ited effectiveness. Their political emancipation was weakened and domesticated by Pakistan's traditional patriarchal mentality and the emergence of Islamic extremism. Although women in Pakistan have overcome the obstacles above and increased their representation in Parliament, they still have a bit of a way to go before actively participating in the decision-making process. Over time, there has been a growing realization that the only way to achieve a gender-balanced society that addresses women's issues is to encourage greater participation of women in governance structures. There are significant differences in women's political participation in diverse parts of the globe. This study examines the reasons for the increase in the number of women in legislatures in other parts of the world, focusing on South Asia and presenting the case of Pakistan. This study focuses on the political participation of Pakistani women. The Pakistani Parliament in 2002 now shows the highest level of feminine representation in the country's history. The study examines how Pakistani women benefit from their numerical superiority in Parliament, whether women are "agents of change" or "agents of change," and whether these alterations are driven by women or triggered by external factors. This study examines the challenges women face in RUSSIAN LAW JOURNAL Volume XI (2023) Issue 10s 130 Pakistan in overcoming political marginalization and recommends creating a more comprehensive and representative civilization.
... They determined that the veil was a cultural practice linked with high social standing in Arabia, particularly among Assyrian, Roman, Greek, Jewish, and Indian populations. When Muslims conquered these territories, they became part of Islam and ordinary Muslim women who donned the hijab as a permanent moral requirement triumphed (Ahmad, 1992;Syed, 2004;Grech, 2016). Traditional religious organizations have ruled in Pakistan, restricting women to domestic childbearing and household tasks under the guise of "boudoir," barring them from participating in political life. ...
Women account for over half of the global population, yet women are politically marginalized and underrepresented in third-world countries. Long-standing conventional structural and socioeconomic difficulties hurt their mobility, socialization, political and electoral engagement, and participation in decision-making forums. They cannot make significant changes to socio-political trends because of their lim ited effectiveness. Their political emancipation was weakened and domesticated by Pakistan's traditional patriarchal mentality and the emergence of Islamic extremism. Although women in Pakistan have overcome the obstacles above and increased their representation in Parliament, they still have a bit of a way to go before actively participating in the decision-making process. Over time, there has been a growing realization that the only way to achieve a gender-balanced society that addresses women's issues is to encourage greater participation of women in governance structures. There are significant differences in women's political participation in diverse parts of the globe. This study examines the reasons for the increase in the number of women in legislatures in other parts of the world, focusing on South Asia and presenting the case of Pakistan. This study focuses on the political participation of Pakistani women. The Pakistani Parliament in 2002 now shows the highest level of feminine representation in the country's history. The study examines how Pakistani women benefit from their numerical superiority in Parliament, whether women are "agents of change" or "agents of change," and whether these alterations are driven by women or triggered by external factors. This study examines the challenges women face in RUSSIAN LAW JOURNAL Volume XI (2023) Issue 10s 130 Pakistan in overcoming political marginalization and recommends creating a more comprehensive and representative civilization.
This study aims to evaluate the religious and the alternate discourses on women’s political rights in Pakistan; such debates were heightened and intensified as a result of General Zia-ul-Haq’s Islamization vision and policies implemented between 1977 to 1988. Zia-ul-Haq’s Islamization is argued to have polarized women’s participation in politics and challenged the standing of feminist groups, Islamic feminists, and secularists, which made Islam and women’s political participation the subject of debates that are still relevant in the case of Pakistan. The paper argues that Pakistani state’s Islamic disposition in general and Zia-ul-Haq’s Islamization in particular provoked religious conservatism and promoted gender-based discrimination that deeply affected women’s political participation. This study seeks to reconcile the different perspectives of Islamic and secular feminism for realizing the goals of effective participation of women in politics. The paper uses a qualitative research method concentrating on thematic analysis, which employs for identifying and analyzing patterns or themes within qualitative data analysis approaches. The findings suggest that in the case of women rights, Islamic feminism and secular feminism are compatible and complementary, and a synthesis of both is imperative to realize the effective participation of women in politics.
Islam & the Dynamics of Power. Malta: Mid-Dlam guad-Dawl
- Meinrad Calleja
Calleja, Meinrad. 2000. Islam & the Dynamics of Power. Malta: Mid-Dlam guad-Dawl.
Reading the Koran in the Shadow of St Peter's Dome: Interview with Adnane Mokrani
- Michael Grech
Grech, Michael. 2001. "Reading the Koran in the Shadow of St Peter's Dome:
Interview with Adnane Mokrani." Koinia. 35: 43. Florence: Koinia
Foundation.