Clerical Oligarchy and the Question of "Democracy" in Iran

Moghissi, Haideh; Rahnema, Saeed

doi:10.14452/mr-052-10-2001-03_3

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“…However, according to this law, if a woman is pregnant as a result of rape, she still does not have the right to an abortion. Many of Khatami's reformist efforts were often blocked by the fundamental ists, and he 'declared publicly that he lacks sufficient powers to implement the constitution and the rule of law' (quoted in Moghissi and Rahnema 2001). For instance, both the Guardian Council and the judiciary 11 (which have always been under conservative control) 12 limited policies by refuting legislation and pursu ing legal action against anyone who challenged the system.…”

Section: The Era Of the Presidency Of Seyed Mohammad Khatami (August mentioning

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Changing Gender Norms in Islam Between Reason and Revelation

Bakhshizadeh¹

2018

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erlaubt die Verbreitung, Speicherung, Vervielfältigung und Bearbeitung bei Verwendung der gleichen CC-BY-SA 4.0-Lizenz und unter Angabe der UrheberInnen, Rechte, Änderungen und verwendeten Lizenz. Oemmelen, Hyunsuk Lee, Stephanie Kühn and all other friends who made this journey a wonderful experience for me. I am also grateful and indebted to my friend Ramin Amngostar for his support and his tirelessness in our long dis cussions over the years on my research. Finally, I want to thank my dear family, especially my parents, Ezat and Gholamreza; without their unconditional love, support and encouragement this journey could not have been possible. Contents Part One: Understanding Changing Gender Norms in the Modern Era 1 Conceptualizing Gender, Religion and Islam 2 Towards a Theoretical Model for Changing Gender Norms in the Main Streams of Islamic Thought 2 1 Religion in Sociology 2 2 The Dialectical Relationship Between Religion and Human Being: Pluralism, Rationality and the Crisis of Meaning 2 3 Islam and Structuration Theory: Between Individual Agency and Global Justice 2 4 Religion and Recognition 2 5 Theoretical Approach to Analysing Changing Gender Norms in the Main Currents of Islam 3 Methodology for Comparative Research on the Main Currents of Islam 4 Women's Rights in Iran and CEDAW: a Comparison 4 1 An Overview on the History of Women's Rights in Iran 4 2 The Emergence of CEDAW as a Global Norm of Gender Justice 4 3 Women's Rights in the Current Laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Comparison with CEDAW 5 Three Streams of Thought in the Near East and Iran and Their Views on Women's Rights 5 1 Women's Position in Diverse Currents of Islamic and Secular Thought in the Near East: the State of Research 5 2 Some Aspects of the Historical Development of the Islamic Mu'tazili and Ash'ari Schools 9 Changing Gender Norms in the Dialectical Relationship Between Revelation and Human Reason

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Section: The Era Of the Presidency Of Seyed Mohammad Khatami (August mentioning

confidence: 99%

Changing Gender Norms in Islam Between Reason and Revelation

Bakhshizadeh¹

2018

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“…Many of Khatami's reformist efforts were often blocked by the fundamental ists, and he 'declared publicly that he lacks sufficient powers to implement the constitution and the rule of law' (quoted in Moghissi and Rahnema 2001). For instance, both the Guardian Council and the judiciary 11 (which have always been under conservative control) 12 limited policies by refuting legislation and pursu ing legal action against anyone who challenged the system.…”

Section: The Era Of the Presidency Of Seyed Mohammad Khatami (August mentioning

confidence: 99%