1983/05/01 by Adele K. Ferdows · 57 citations
Social Sciences · #Islamic Studies and History #Wife #Islam #Government (linguistics) #Daughter #Position (finance) #Political science #Relation (database) #Gender studies #History #Sociology #Law #Philosophy #Economics
paper · pdf · doi:10.1017/s0020743800052326
published in International Journal Middle East Studies 15(2), 283-298 (Cambridge University Press)
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Defining the role of women in Islamic society has been an issue for debate in post-revolutionary Iran, particularly in light of recent rulings affecting women. This is not merely a theoretical debate but a crisis situation where some women who participated in the revolution alongside men now find themselves in a peculiarly difficult position in relation to society and the current government. Ali shariati (d. 1977), through his publihsed works and transcribed lectures during the 1960s and 1970s, has had a tremendous impact on the direction of this debate. Completely rejecting the role of women in both western and traditional societies, Shariati offers a third alternative: the figure of Fatima, daughter of the Prophet Mohammad and wife of Ali, the first Imam of the Shi'is as the personification of women's role.