Muslim women denounce sexist interpretations of holy texts

http://www.feminismeislamic.org/eng/ ^ | 29th October 2005

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1st International Congress on Islamic Feminism

During the Congress, a woman led Islamic prayers in public to a mixed audience

On the afternoon of the 29th, the Chairwoman of the Catalan Women's Association (Institut de la Dona), Marta Selva, and the Chairman of the Unesco Centre of Catalonia, Enric Masllorens, closed proceedings of the first International Congress on Islamic Feminism, which for three days assembled over 400 delegates.

Junta Islàmica Catalana organised this meeting with the intention of internationally disseminating the emergent movement of Muslim women for human rights, known as the "gender jihad". Another priority of the Congress was to initiate a collaboration between Muslim women and the global feminist movement.

During the course of the meeting, it became clear that Islamic feminism is a reality in many countries with a majority Muslim population. The Congress heard from women fighting for their rights and working in very difficult conditions against the implementation, in the name of Islam, of highly sexist and discriminatory family codes of behaviour.

Discussions were held on diversity and feminism, Koranic hermeneutics, Islamism and feminism, and other topics. There was also an exploration of the situation of Muslim women in South East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

There was a particularly moving moment when Amina Wadud, lecturer in Islamic Studies at the Commonwealth University of Virginia (USA), gave the Friday khutba (sermon) and led the mixed male/female audience in prayer.

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Islamic Feminism?

Wow...that's a good one.

[M1Tanker]

While I know the "Global Feminist Movement" is code words for the Worker's World Party and their allies, I doubt the above discussion would have ever happened if we didn't beat the Taliban and Al Queida scum into the caves (oddly right at the epicenter of the Pakistan Earthquake). So, the National Socialist Left probably will take credit for Islamic Women's Liberation as they re-write history, but, if it wasn't for the resolve of the US under Bush, this woman would probably already be dead.

[ZULU]

"There was a particularly moving moment when Amina Wadud, lecturer in Islamic Studies at the Commonwealth University of Virginia (USA), gave the Friday khutba (sermon) and led the mixed male/female audience in prayer."

Yeah. I'm moved. I'm not saying what I'm moved TO, but this mere media hype - a kinder and gentler Islam.

Never happen. Not in this Century.

[edcoil]

OK, you did it here in a free country. Now go try it in a muslim country - you know the religion you believe in.

Lets see how it works then.

[isrul]

I don't think this will go very far. Imams will just have a few of these "feminists" butchered and that will be that.

[MEGoody]

Yes, lets make Islam and equal opportunity religion of peas. Pass out explosive vests to every female and assign them to their respective 'targets'. That should take care of the terrorist problem pretty quickly.

[dhs12345]

This is the *REAL* (italics, underline, bold) reason why Muslims hate the West. Doesn't have anything to do with Israel, us being in their holy lands or any of the other myriad of excuses for hating us.

Their leaders want their people to be poor, dumb, and subservient. Anything that threatens that is not a threat to Islam, but a threat to their power. Its all about power.

[M1Tanker]

The terrorists already did that... I Palistinian woman slaughtered Isreali civilians a few years ago in a homocide bombing.

Women's lib in Islam equates to terrorists making homocide vests in women's sizes.

[M1Tanker]

I know, but I'm sure the western leftists will want to eventually portray this as "thier victory".

After all, they have soo many human rights "victories".... Wait... hold on, I'm trying to name one.... hmm... maybe not.

[illinoissmith]

"Their leaders want their people to be poor, dumb, and subservient. Anything that threatens that is not a threat to Islam, but a threat to their power. Its all about power."

I agree with your general sentiment, but I think that that which threatens the people's status as poor, dumb, and subservient is a threat to Islam as well as a threat to the power of the leaders.

Islam, for all except the dude at the top, is all about submission. I think it is a system for forcing whole masses of people into pathetic, subservient, slavery. So I think Islam, just as much as the leaders' power, is indeed threatened by anything that would help the populace fulfill their potential as vibrant, prosperous, thinking human beings.

[Rocketman]

I bet this will fly -- Abdul who ussually beats his wife and throws acid in the face of women who mont marry him, or commits Honor killings of his wife or daughters when he is tired of them of hass the least inkling of them glancing at another man.

Boy I'll bet when his wife sex no more sex unless you heed my demands he'll roll over and submit

I Arab countries they can't even quietly leave the faith without being hunted down and killed.

They are blind to the fact that it is because of Islam that women are tortured killed and abused -- this violence is committed regularly by "Moderates" as well as fundamentalists throughout africa, the midle east, and asia -- I leave out the US because what happens among muslims in this country goes largely unreported -- because they as a MINORITY have been given super citizenship so their sins and crimes are largely protected by the liberal media.

Islam is corrupt and always will be corrupt because of the teachings and words of the false prophet that they blindly follow.

[rfreedom4u]

Let's get Gloria Steinam and the ACLU to set up shop in the middle east. The women over there have been oppressed far too long. Here's an idea.... All women in the middle east could go on strike. No cooking, no sex, no nothing until they achieve some semblance of equality.