Fātimah al-Fihrī and religious fraternity in al-Qarawiyyin University: A Case Study

• Main Authors: Souad, Merah, Ramdane, Tahraoui, Khan, Mariya Seemin
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: L Education (General); LA History of education
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/69960/1/CAPEU%202016.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/69960/2/Capeu%20presentation.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/69960/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

The status of Muslim women is a sensitive issue which has always provoked a lot of controversy.  A commonly notion among, feminists, scholar-activists and academics, western and non-western is the claim that Muslim women in most of the Muslim world are oppressed and systematically suffer from discriminatory patriarchal gender system and male domination culture.  Contrary to that claim, conservative Muslim activists and religious scholars deny any sort of mal-treatment and oppression that Muslim women received. Interestingly, most of the literature related to this issue lacks female representation.