Word: islamicism
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The Iran on show is a far cry from the clichéd picture of an angry, anti-U.S. Islamic state with a Holocaust-denying President. Under Shah 'Abbas, Iran became a center of diplomacy and trade. Glorious paintings from the early 17th century depict British envoys who traded...
10 | Pakistan Seeking Peace and Stability In an effort to quell violence, the government struck a deal with insurgents on Feb. 16 that would implement a form of Islamic law in northwest Pakistan. The ruling will cover the Malakand region, which includes the Swat Valley, a onetime tourist spot and...
While Western governments have been worrying about bearded men with bombs in caves, a new jihad has quietly gained strength in the Muslim world: Islamic feminism. Earlier this week, 350 women and men gathered in Malaysia to launch Musawah - "Equality" in Arabic - a movement for justice in the Muslim family...
With women and men from 47 countries in attendance, the networking permutations were dazzling. Sessions with titles like "Sisters Doing It For Ourselves: Approaching the Holy Texts as Non-Experts," and "Resisting and Challenging Religious Fundamentalisms," drew activists and lawyers, Islamic scholars and anthropologists. Malaysian investment bankers sat in seminars...
The Islamic feminist movement has gathered strength and urgency over the past few years due to the rise of Islamic fundamentalism. Political Islam "has given women both the cause and the language to demand their rights and equality within an Islamic framework," notes Ziba Mir-Hosseini, an Iranian legal anthropologist...