[Dean's World] Ali Eteraz: Nussbaum on Women in Muslim World

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Posted by Ali Eteraz:
Nussbaum on Women in Muslim World
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1175224976.shtml


   [1]Check it:

     Are you arguing that the problem is not Islamic religion, but its
     use?

     Exactly. What we see in some nations, then, is not Islam itself,
     but a politicized version of Islam that is not a necessary
     interpretation of those religious texts. That point has been made
     repeatedly by dissidents in the societies in which this politicized
     version of Islam is influential, such as Shiran Ebadi and Akbar
     Ganji in Iran. Both are devout Muslims, and both insist, with
     convincing argument, that there is nothing in their sex-equal
     democratic proposals that is incompatible with Islam.
     Unfortunately, people in the West often don't know much about
     Islam, so they equate the entire religion with a politicized
     version of it that they happen to hear about. As for Ayaan Hirsi
     Ali, maybe she ought to have moved to India rather than the Usa:
     surely she'd have a lot better chance of playing a leading role in
     political or intellectual life there, as a woman, than in the Usa.
     We might also mention Bangladesh, a democracy where 85 percent are
     Muslims and women (both Muslim) lead both of the two main political
     parties.

   Oh, but wait, why even read past the heading of this post since
   Nussbaum is a feminist!

References

   1. http://www.resetdoc.org/EN/Nussbaum-interview.php