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Musawah movement operates on the principle that patriarchy within Muslim countries is a result of the way male interpreters have read Islamic texts, [66] and that feminists can progressively interpret the Quran to achieve the goal of international human rights standards. [66] The first female Muslim 'ulema congress was held in Indonesia in 2017 ...
Ali is a modest civil servant who enjoys a pleasant life in town. One day, upon being forced by his parents to marry a woman he doesn't want, Ali is dragged into a vortex composed by "Women (Femmes), Cars (Voitures), Villas, Money (Argent)" all of which, in Niger, stand for social success.
France, along with other parts of the world, set Muslims apart from the rest and treated them as if they were "others." This led to a lot of mistreatment and discrimination in the country of France. As the population of Muslims started to grow in France, the people felt that they should be better represented. [3]
As objectives, the UOIF cites "to respond to religious, cultural, educational, social and humanitarian needs of the Muslims of France. Its website states that it "takes part in the individual and collective understanding of the need for a responsible and positive integration". . The UOIF owns around 30 mosques and directs around 200 others.
The trigger for the establishment of the network was independent events in various parts of the Muslim world, "in which so-called Islamic laws deprived women of their human rights". Women from Algeria, Morocco, Sudan, Iran, Mauritius, Tanzania, Bangladesh and Pakistan founded an action committee in 1980 to support women's struggles for their ...
In 2013, The New York Times quoted Bernard Godard, a former French intelligence official specializing in Islamic affairs and back then associated with the country's Interior Ministry, who estimated France's total Muslim population to be 6 million out of which 100,000 were converts (up from 50,000 in 1986) while Muslim associations talk of 200,000.
Jewish-Muslim Friendship of France (French: Amitié judéo-musulmane de France (AJMF)) is an organization for interfaith dialogue between Jews and Muslims.Founded in 2004 by French Rabbi Michel Serfaty, it is known for its Jewish-Muslim Friendship Bus which travels across France to create meetings and connections with local partners, neighborhood associations, public authorities as well as ...
A section of Muslim feminists, including Fadela Amara and Hédi M'henni, do support bans on the hijab, claiming it inherently represents a subjugation of women. Amara supported France's ban of the garment in public buildings , saying "the veil is the visible symbol of the subjugation of women, and therefore has no place in the mixed, secular ...