HOW ULAMA IN INDIA PERPETUATE MALE HEGEMONY IN THE NAME OF ISLAM

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  • ZAKIA SOMAN AND NOORJEHAN NIAZ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53007/SJGC.2017.V2.I1.131

Keywords:

Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, triple talaq, muslim women, citizenship rights, muslim personal law,

Abstract

This article attacks the perpetuation of patriarchal controls over women in the name of Islam by ulama and men at large, showing how women who are organising through the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan are fighting back. The article appeared in Counter Currents on 2 March 2016.

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Published

2017-01-31

How to Cite

ZAKIA SOMAN AND NOORJEHAN NIAZ. “HOW ULAMA IN INDIA PERPETUATE MALE HEGEMONY IN THE NAME OF ISLAM”. Samyukta: A Journal of Gender and Culture, vol. 2, no. 1, Jan. 2017, doi:10.53007/SJGC.2017.V2.I1.131.

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2017): Islamic Feminism

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