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Epistemological Analysis Of Traditionalist And Reformist Discourses Pertaining To Islamic Feminism In Iran, Meisam Vahedi
Epistemological Analysis Of Traditionalist And Reformist Discourses Pertaining To Islamic Feminism In Iran, Meisam Vahedi
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Islamic feminism in Iran is defined as the radical rethinking of religious and sacred texts from a feminist perspective. The purpose of this research is to show how an Islamic feminist discourse developed in Iran, and to outline the differences between the reformist and traditionalist epistemological foundations of women’s rights discourse in Iran.
This study, using documentary research methods, demonstrates that central to the development of Islamic feminism is the development of the reformist movement in Iran. Moreover, it is shown that the main impedance to women’s equality in Iran is the traditionalist epistemology in religious law. While reformists believe …