Fighting Hislam

Women, Faith and Sexism

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Pub Date May 01 2017 | Archive Date Jun 18 2017
Melbourne University Publishing | Melbourne University Press

Description

The Muslim community that is portrayed to the West is a misogynist's playground; within the Muslim community, feminism is often regarded with sneering hostility.

Yet between those two views there is a group of Muslim women many do not believe exists: a diverse bunch who fight sexism from within, as committed to the fight as they are to their faith. Hemmed in by Islamophobia and sexism, they fight against sexism with their minds, words and bodies. Often, their biggest weapon is their religion.

Here, Carland talks with Muslim women about how they are making a stand for their sex, while holding fast to their faith.

At a time when the media trumpets scandalous revelations about life for women from Saudi Arabia to Indonesia, Muslim women are always spoken about and over, never with. In Fighting Hislam, that ends.

The Muslim community that is portrayed to the West is a misogynist's playground; within the Muslim community, feminism is often regarded with sneering hostility.

Yet between those two views there is a...


Advance Praise

Fighting Hislam is an insider’s story of the fight against sexism by twenty-three Muslim women. Carland provides a compelling alternative to Western clichés of Muslim women as either oppressed or lascivious members of the harem. Sexism is, she argues, challenged by Muslim women from classic Islamic teachings, making the case that feminism and Islam can be complementary.’ GILLIAN TRIGGS

Fighting Hislam is an insider’s story of the fight against sexism by twenty-three Muslim women. Carland provides a compelling alternative to Western clichés of Muslim women as either oppressed or...


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