From Westernization to Islamification Women’s Rights before and after the 1979 Iranian Revolution
Siah, Rachaell
Siah, Rachaell
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The relationship between Islam and gender equality is one that is often disputed, particularly in reference to the experiences of women in the aftermath of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. After the revolution women were subject to an intense Islamic regime and many of their rights and freedoms they had gained in previous decades were considered null and void. This has led many scholars to believe that Islam is in fact incompatible with gender equality. However, in the aftermath of the Iranian revolution, even when women were subject to patriarchal constraints with respect to shari’a law, female citizens were able to defy, resist and negotiate gender discrimination and further prove that feminist interpretations of shari’a law are possible and even inevitable. This interesting phenomenon also serves to highlight that once Islam is no long the culprit in gender inequality with respect to women in Iran, we can also see better how women were subjugated prior to the 1979 Iranian Revolution, during the Pahlavi Era.
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Thesis (B.A. in Political Science)--John Cabot University, Spring 2017.
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2017
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Women's rights, Women in Islam
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Siah, Rachaell. "From Westernization to Islamification Women’s Rights before and after the 1979 Iranian Revolution". BA Thesis, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy. 2017.