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Kvinnors ställning inom islam : en argumentsanalys av två författares kritik mot kvinnors ställning i islam

Zahirovic, Vanesa LU (2013) MRSG20 20131
Human Rights Studies
Abstract
Islam is often being criticized for not offering equal rights for women and men. Even if the criticism usually indicates the same problems in Islam, there’s a big difference on how the criticism is presented and what the basis of these arguments are. The purpose of this essay is to examine two female authors (A.H Ali and N.E Saadawi) criticism of women’s position and rights in Islam by critically reading a book of each writer. By using an argument analysis I was able to answer what the authors found problematic about women’s position and rights in Islam, what they think is the main reason for women being inferior to men, and how they argued about Female Genital Mutilation. By applying the theory about how gender roles in a religious... (More)
Islam is often being criticized for not offering equal rights for women and men. Even if the criticism usually indicates the same problems in Islam, there’s a big difference on how the criticism is presented and what the basis of these arguments are. The purpose of this essay is to examine two female authors (A.H Ali and N.E Saadawi) criticism of women’s position and rights in Islam by critically reading a book of each writer. By using an argument analysis I was able to answer what the authors found problematic about women’s position and rights in Islam, what they think is the main reason for women being inferior to men, and how they argued about Female Genital Mutilation. By applying the theory about how gender roles in a religious context are a product of socialization and how these gender roles could be replaced with roles more suitable for women if only women could get more power to change them, - I came to the conclusion that H.Ali’s arguments did not support the theory in the same degree as E.Saadawi’s did. Mainly because Hirsi Ali saw the problems in the religion itself, and not something that is created by socialization and society. (Less)
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author
Zahirovic, Vanesa LU
supervisor
organization
course
MRSG20 20131
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
Human rights, Mänskliga rättigheter
language
Swedish
id
3802291
date added to LUP
2013-07-18 16:01:59
date last changed
2014-09-04 08:27:37
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  abstract     = {{Islam is often being criticized for not offering equal rights for women and men. Even if the criticism usually indicates the same problems in Islam, there’s a big difference on how the criticism is presented and what the basis of these arguments are. The purpose of this essay is to examine two female authors (A.H Ali and N.E Saadawi) criticism of women’s position and rights in Islam by critically reading a book of each writer. By using an argument analysis I was able to answer what the authors found problematic about women’s position and rights in Islam, what they think is the main reason for women being inferior to men, and how they argued about Female Genital Mutilation. By applying the theory about how gender roles in a religious context are a product of socialization and how these gender roles could be replaced with roles more suitable for women if only women could get more power to change them, - I came to the conclusion that H.Ali’s arguments did not support the theory in the same degree as E.Saadawi’s did. Mainly because Hirsi Ali saw the problems in the religion itself, and not something that is created by socialization and society.}},
  author       = {{Zahirovic, Vanesa}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Kvinnors ställning inom islam : en argumentsanalys av två författares kritik mot kvinnors ställning i islam}},
  year         = {{2013}},
}