Between patriarchal Islam and Islamophobia: a comparison between the emancipation models of Muslim women in Morocco and in France

• Autor(a) principal: Barrière, Lisa Charline
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/18996
• topic: Islamic feminism; Feminism; Islam; Secularism; Intersectionality; Gender; Religion; Feminismo Islâmico; Feminismo; Islão; Interseccionalidade; Secularismo; Género; Religião; Sociologia do género; Sociologia da religião; Islamismo; Mulher; Emancipação; Marrocos; França

Often presented as a misogynist religion, Islam has nowadays become the victim of extremism and negative mediatisation, providing an image of the religion that is against many humanist values and principles. Since decades, Muslim women are fighting for their emancipation, and against the gender oppression they are suffering from in various Muslim countries. Islamic feminism can seem antagonistic and yet, the movement is very present in the Middle East and in the world for years, aiming to emancipate women based on a different interpretation of the Quranic teachings. However, Islamic feminism does not seem to progress identically in theocratic states and in secular states. Indeed, there are several factors in a country, such as culture, education, and politics, which seem to be impacting the emancipation model of Muslim women. This debate seems to be extremely challenging to lead for different reasons. First of all, due to the relationship between gender and religion, both in secular and religious countries. Secondly, due to certain values against feminism that are very strongly anchored in Muslim countries’ politics. And thirdly, on the contrary, due to a rejection of the religion itself in certain secular countries, such as in France. This thesis aims to show the relationships between gender and religion in the feminist discourse and, in particular, within Islamic feminism, taking into account the concept of intersectionality. The objective is also to demonstrate how the emancipation model of Muslim women can differ depending on their specific environment, taking the examples of Morocco and France.