Title Islam, gender, and democracy in comparative perspective / edited by Jocelyne Cesari and José Casanova

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover; Islam, Gender, and Democracy in Comparative Perspective; Copyright; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Contributors; Introduction; The unexplored nexus of Womenś rights, Islam, and Democracy; SECULARITY, DEMOCRACY, CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS; STATE, WOMEN, AND ISLAM; OUTLINE OF CONTENT; Part I: The Nexus of Religion, Gender, and Democracy; 1: State, Islam, and Gender Politics; Introduction; State, Religion, and Gender Politics; Modernization and Nationalization of Islam; Womenś Rights Advancement by Authoritarian Regimes; Education and health rights Political rightsEconomic rights; Nation-States and SharìA: or How SharìA Became Islamic Law; Reading Islamists ́Positions within the State Policy Framework; Conclusion: Islam as a Code of Public Morality; Bibliography; 2: Catholicism, Gender, Secularism, and Democracy: Comparative Reflections; Bibliography; 3: Secularism, Gender Inequality, and the French State; The New LaÏcitÉ; The Old LAÏCitÉ; Women And The ̀̀Civilizing Mission;́́ Women And Religion; Bibliography; 4: Islamic Law and Muslim Women in Modern Indonesia; Islamic Law Among a Plurality of Moral Registers Islam and Ethical Plurality in IndonesiaA New Reform; Nationalism and Muslim Womenś Activism; Muslim Feminism Reborn; Family Law Reform Rebuffed; Conclusion: Islamic Law and New Gender Ethics; Bibliography; 5: Islamic Feminism: National and Transnational Dimensions; Womenś Rights, State Feminism, and Islamic Revitalizations; The Foundations of Islamic Feminism; Amina Wadud: Method and Impact; National and International Impact; Muslim Progressive and Feminist Activism; Fighting for Gender Justice in Indonesia; International Organizations and Movements; Islamic Feminism: A Contested Concept Senegal: Sociocultural BarriersReligious Backlash Against Womenś Rights, and in Support of Such Rights; Engaging with Religious Actors on Issues and on Womenś Rights; Conclusions; Bibliography; 7: Reforming Muslim Family Laws in Non-Muslim Democracies; The Mfl Establishments in Israel and Greece; Israeli Civil Courts and their SharìA Jurisprudence; The High Court of Justice; Civil Family Courts; Greek Civil Courts and their SharìA Jurisprudence; Local Courts of First Instance; The Court of Cassation; Comparison of Israeli and Greek Experiences, and Concluding Remarks; Bibliography Summary This collection reframes the debate around Islam and women's rights within a broader comparative literature that examines the complex and contingent historical relationships between religion, secularism, democracy, law, and gender equality Subject Women -- Islamic countries -- Social conditions Muslim women -- Social conditions Democracy -- Islamic countries -- Social conditions Feminism -- Islamic countries SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Feminism Muslim women -- Social conditions Women -- Social conditions Islamic countries Islamische Staaten Form Electronic book Author Cesari, Jocelyne. Casanova, José. ISBN 019109286X 9780191092862 9780191830419 0191830410

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