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Islam and Women Course Description Student Learning Outcomes Yerevan State University Instructor: Anna Gevorgyan [email protected] Office hours: Wednesday, 10-00a.m.-13-00p.m. YSU, Building 7, room 119 Islam and women Course description Islam is the most criticized religion for its attitudes toward women. Very often Islam, its prophet and the Holy Scripture are blamed in not having respect towards human rights and especially towards women’s human rights. Practice of polygamy, temporary marriage (in Shia Islam) and veiling are seen as true evidence of the lack of freedom and justice for women in the framework of Islam. In this course we will examine the status and the role of women in Islam and in Islamic texts, and will examine how Muslim women are challenging Islam’s patriarchal interpretation and are popularizing feminist ideas by their contribution to academic scholarship and literature. We will try to answer following questions: Does Islam grant equal rights for men and for women? Is Islam misunderstood or is it truly an androcentric religion? What are the opportunities for feminist interpretation of the Quran? What tools do Muslim women use for challenging Islam’s androcentric interpretations? In order to answer these questions we will read the Holy Scripture, its medieval and modern, androcentric and feminist interpretations, feminist literature of Muslim women and watch feminist movies created by Muslims. Student learning outcomes Upon successful completion of this course Students will develop an in-depth understanding on fundamental and progressive Islam’s view about women Students will grasp major tools used by Muslim women to improve their position within Muslim society Students will be conversant with Muslim feminist literature Required readings Leila Ahmed, “Women and gender in Islam;Roots of modern debate”, New Haven, 1992 Annemarie Schimmel, “My soul is a woman”, 2003 • Lamia Rustum Shahadeh, “ The idea of women in fundamentalist Islam”, Florida,2003 Shirin Ebadi, “Iran ewakening; A memoire of Revolution and hope”, 2006 Fatima Mernissi, “Dreams of trespass; Tales of a harem girlhood”, 1995 Requirements and Gradings: • Participation and response papers-3 • Mid-term exams-4+4 • Participation in mock summit-4 • Final exam-5 Students are required to participate in classes after reading course materials and ready to discuss them. You will write reading responses to the reading materials and prepare discussion questions to raise during the class. Mid-term exam will consist of quizzes and you will be required to solve. A mock summit will be held by you pretending being one of the Islamic theologians. You will have an opportunity to choose which one of the traditional, fundamentalist, progressive or feminist scholars you want to represent. Summit will be called “Islam and women” and you will be supposed to justify the opinions of the scholar you represent concerning different gender issues in Islam. For example you can pretend being Al-Ghazali and speak about why it is so important for Muslim society to keep women in seclusion. Your speech will be evaluated taking into consideration your ability to think like the scholar you represent and make the audience believe in your arguments. You may not agree with the scholar but you must pretend to during your speech!!!! Final oral exam will require each student to answer two questions using the sources of the course. A statement on academic dishonesty Members of this class are expected to submit their own written work. Plagiarism is defined as taking writings or ideas from someone else and passing them off as one’s one writings or ideas. A student who commits an act of cheating (giving/receiving) or plagiarism will receive a grade of zero for the course. Buying papers falls under this category as well. You are not supposed to write universal truth with perfect arguments, you are supposed to write YOUR opinion and justify it with YOUR arguments, and yes, they can be perfect. Please, use MLA style for citation. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/ Course schedule Week 1: Introduction to the course Week 2: Women in pre-Islamic times Women in pre-Islamic Arabia Women with no rights Women queens Readings Leila Ahmed, “Women and gender in Islam”, pp.11-39 Nabia Abbot, “ Pre-Islamic Arab queens” Week 2:The prophet Muhammad and women The Prophet and his attitude toward women Women contemporaries of the prophet Changing status of the women during the lifetime of the prophet Readings Leila Ahmed, “Women and gender in Islam”, pp.9-39,39-64 Annemarie Schimmel, “ My soul is a woman”, pp.26-34 Week 3: Quran and women Women in the life of prophets Quran and the creation of the first woman Women as believers Readings Barbara Freyer Stowasser, “ Women in the Quran, traditions and interpretation”, pp.25- 57 Annemarie Schimmel, “My soul is a woman”, pp.54-69 Week 4: Mothers of the believers Muhammad as perfect husband Wives of Muhammad as mothers of the believers Reading Barbara F. Stowasser,“Women in the Quran, traditions and interpretation”, pp.85-104 Barbara F. Stowasser, “ Women in the Quran, traditions and interpretation”, pp. 104-119 Kecia Ali, "A Beautiful Example": The Prophet Muḥammad as a Model for Muslim Husbands” Week 5: Women in fundamentalist Islam Fundamentalism and gender issues Women in works of Hasan al Banna Women in works of Said Qutb Reading Lamia R. Shahadeh, “ The idea of women in fundamentalist Islam”, pp.13-23, 49-76 Barbara F. Stowasser, “ Women in the Quran, traditions and interpretation”, pp.119-135 Week 6: Women in fundamentalist Islam Women in works of Imam Khomeini Women in works of Mortaza Mutahhari Reading Lamia Rustum Shahedeh, “ The Idea of women in fundamentalist Islam”, pp.76-99, 99- 121 Ziba Mir-Huseini, “ Gender in Islam”, pp.26-78 Week 7: Mid-term exam Week 8: Women in progressive Islam Islam and gender justice Progressive Muslim scholars and gender Reading Sadiya Shaikh, “Transforming Feminism: Islam, women and gender justice” in “Progressive Muslims on Gender, justice and pluralism”, pp.147-163 Scot Siraj al-Haqq Kugl, “Sexuality, diversity and ethics in the agenda of progressive Muslims”, in “Progressive Muslims :on Gender, justice and pluralism”, pp.190-235 Week 9: Sharia and women Controversial ayats and their feminist interpretations:Context and chronology Marriage, Divorce and custody Polygamy and temporary marriage Reading Jamal Nasir, “The status of women under Islamic law and modern Islamic legislation”, pp.21-28, 63-85 Soraya Tremayna, “Modernity and Early Marriage in Iran: A View from Within” Amira Mashhour, “Islamic Law and Gender Equality: Could There Be a Common Ground?: A Study of Divorce and Polygamy in Sharia Law and Contemporary Legislation in Tunisia and Egypt” Ziba Mir-Huseini, “Muslim Women's Quest for Equality: Between Islamic Law and Feminism” Film “Divorce, Iranian style” by Ziba mir-Huseini Week 10: Sharia and women Seclusion of genders Gendered spaces and realities Veiling Reading Niaz A. Shah, “Women’s Human rights in the Koran: An interpretive approach” Asgharali Engineer, “The Qur’an , women and modern society”, pp. 59-69 Imtiaz Ahmad, “Why Is the Veil Such a Contentious Issue” Banu Gökarıksel and Anna Secor, "Even I Was Tempted": The Moral Ambivalence and Ethical Practice of Veiling-Fashion in Turkey Film: “Islam unveiled”, by Samira Ahmed Week 11: Feminist interpretation of the Quran Hermeneutics and Quran Women scholars and Quran Feminist standpoint and Quran Readings Asma Barlas, “The Quran and hermeneutics: Reading Quran’s opposition to patriarchy” Amina Wadud, “Qur’an and woman”, pp.1-15 Week 11: Gender and Islamic Mystical Traditions Sufis and women Gendered language of Sufism Sufism, love and gender Reading Annemarie Schimmel, “ My soul is a woman: feminine in Islam”, pp.34-54 Margaret Malamud, “Gender and Spiritual Self-Fashioning: The Master-Disciple Relationship in Classical Sufism”. Sadiyya Shaikh, “ In search of “Al-Insan”: Sufism, Islamic law and gender” Week 12: Creating Muslim feminism through literature Muslim women and their voice Writing as a tool for women’s liberation Getting visible in male world Reading Nawal El Saadawi, “Memoires of a woman doctor” Shirin Ebadi, “Iran Awakening”, Chapter 7, pp.112-128 Week 13: Feminist literature, Islamic Cultures and diaspora • Rethinking gender and religion in diaspora • Writing about gender and Islam in diaspora • Mobility, religion and gender Readings: Fatima Mernissi, “Shaherezade goes west”, pp.61-79 Shahrnush Parsipur, “Women without men”, Week 14: Sacred worlds of Muslim women Sacred, profane and gender Women as believers Women and “everyday religiosity” Reading Fatima Mernissi, “Women, saints and sanctuaries in Marocco”, in “Unspoken worlds”, pp.144-157 Erica Friedle, “ Islam and tribal women in a village in Iran”, in “Unspoken worlds”, pp. 157-168 Erica Friedle, “A thorny side of marriage in Iran”, in “Everyday life in the Muslim Middle East, pp. 111-121 Week 15: Mock summit of Muslim theologians on “Islam and women” Week 16: 2-nd mid-term exam Final exam .
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