Between feminism and Islam : human rights and Sharia Law in Morocco / Zakia Salime.
There are two major women's movements in Morocco: the Islamists who hold shari'a as the platform for building a culture of women's rights, and the feminists who use the United Nations' framework to amend shari'a law. Between Feminism and Islam shows how the interactions of t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
©2011.
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| Series: | Social movements, protest, and contention ;
v. 36. |
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| Summary: | There are two major women's movements in Morocco: the Islamists who hold shari'a as the platform for building a culture of women's rights, and the feminists who use the United Nations' framework to amend shari'a law. Between Feminism and Islam shows how the interactions of these movements over the past two decades have transformed the debates, the organization, and the strategies of each other. In Between Feminism and Islam, Zakia Salime looks at three key movement moments: the 1992 feminist One Million Signature Campaign, the 2000 Islamist mass rally opposing the reform of family law, and the. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxx, 195 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-181) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780816678327 0816678324 9781452946085 1452946086 |