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Competing Agenda: Feminists, Islam and the State in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Egypt
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Karen Offen, ‘Defining Feminism: A Comparative Historical Approach’, Signs (Autumn ) no. 14, pp. –47
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and Gerda Lerner, The Creation of Patriarchy (Oxford: Oxford University Press, ),
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appendix. For definitions of feminism in the Egyptian historical context see Margot Badran, ‘The Origins of Feminism in Egypt’, in Arina Angerman et al. (eds), Current Issues in Women’s History, (London: Routledge, ).
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In this chapter the various meanings of feminism should be gleaned from context and Margot Badran, ‘Independent Women: Over a Century of Feminism in Egypt’, Old Boundaries, New Frontiers, forthcoming; Margot Badran, ‘Dual Liberation: Feminism and Nationalism in Egypt, s’, Feminist Issues (Spring ).
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See Margot Badran, ‘Huda Sha’rawi and the Liberation of the Egyptian Woman’, Oxford D. Phil thesis,
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Pharaohs and Fundamentalists Zainab Al Ghazali
Pharaohs and Fundamentalists Ideology, Islamism, torture and feminism in Zainab al-Ghazali’s Return of the Pharaoh By Tobias Gisle Table of Contents 1. Introduction. ……………………………………………………………… p. 2 2. Ideology and Violence …………………………………………………. p. 3. Torture and Suffering …..….……………………………………………. p. 4 4. Window Into the Divine ……..………………………………………..… p. 5. Ideological Leanings……..…………………………………………..… p. 5 6. Feminism and Power……..…………………………………………..… p. 7. Conclusion………………..…………………………………………..… p. 8. Bibliography………………..…………………………………………..… p. 9 Introduction Zainab al-Ghazali () was an Egyptian Islamic activist who was the leader and the founder of the Muslim Women's Association (Jama'at al-Sayyidat al-Muslimat). The group had around 3 million members when the government dissolved it in and imprisoned AlGhazali the following year on charges of being part of a conspiracy to assassinate President Gamal Abdel Nasser. She and the other Mus
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Six progressive religious movements throughout history
The French Revolution demonized organized religion, calling it an agent of conservatism that held society back. And while there’s no denying that organized religion is still generally a conservative force, every now and then it can push forward social reforms. Let’s look at how several major faiths have helped shape many societies into more inclusive, free, and democratic places to live over the past two centuries.
– Great Britain’s Chartist movement, which is steeped in Methodist thought, becomes among the first broad labour movements in modern history. Prominent members William Lovett and Joseph Sturge, and much of the Methodist clergy, consider it their Christian duty to bring freedom and social justice to all, following the example of Christ. Although the movement faded after , it precipitated the Reform Act of , which extended the vote to the working class.
Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian National Congress, and the Hindu Mah