The Unforgettable Queens of Islam

Haeri, Shahla

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“…46 In Indonesia, Megawati Soekarno Putri, the daughter of Sukarno, is also a successful president. 47 In the present context, it is certainly different from the past. 48 Women have been provided access to information, managerial knowledge, strategy, and organization, as well as men; there is no distinction between the two.…”

Section: Women Leadership In Contemporary Texts and Contextsmentioning

confidence: 93%

Women and Political Leadership in Islam: Ma'nā-cum-Maghzā Critical Hermeneutic Study

Faiz,

Huda,

Rohmad

et al. 2023

Islamica. J. Stu. Keis

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This paper describes and analyzes the textual-contextual h}adīth on the prohibition of women’s leadership in the public sphere. This study is a critical hermeneutic with the theory of ma‘nā-cum-maghzā, by making the literal origin (historical meaning, explicit) the starting point for understanding the central message of the text (implied meaning). The results of this paper indicate that women may become leaders in public affairs because textually and linguistically, the word lan yufliḥ, which means ‘will not be successful,’ in the h}adīth does not apply permanently (mu’abbad), but only temporally (mu’aqqat). Contextually, the h}adīth prohibited women from becoming leaders because the condition of women at the time of the h}adīth did not allow them to handle social affairs due to the lack of knowledge and experience and the existence of deceit and greed, which could happen to anyone who had ambitions of power, men as well as women. Meanwhile, nowadays, many women have the expertise, knowledge, and managerial-organizational experience to support these matters.

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Section: Women Leadership In Contemporary Texts and Contextsmentioning

confidence: 93%

Women and Political Leadership in Islam: Ma'nā-cum-Maghzā Critical Hermeneutic Study

Faiz,

Huda,

Rohmad

et al. 2023

Islamica. J. Stu. Keis

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“…(Walther 1993). The literature of women in rulership has expanded recently such as Haeri's (2020) The Unforgettable Queens of Islam, Mernissi's (1993) The Forgotten Queens of Islam, and Khan's (2017) Sovereign Women in a Muslim Kingdom (Aceh). Throughout Islamic history there have been women rulers with significant achievements such as Arwa al-Sulayhi who ruled in eleventh century Yemen for 71 years, Sultana Raziyya in thirteenth century Delhi and Sultana Shajarat al-Durr in thirteenth century Egypt, and Begum Kaikhursau Janan in nineteenth to twentieth century Bhopal.…”

Section: Historical-biographical Evidence: Women In Politics War Economics Jurisprudence and Scholarshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a Model of Muslim Women’s Management Empowerment: Philosophical and Historical Evidence and Critical Approaches

Samier

ElKaleh

2021

Administrative Sciences

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This paper constructs a culturally appropriate model for Muslim women’s empowerment in management and leadership positions that addresses sustainability goals of quality education, gender equality, economic growth and reducing inequalities, as well as national and cultural differences from Western women’s empowerment models. The approach to model building begins with two sources of evidence for women’s empowerment—first, the empowerment of women recognised in the Qur’an and Sunnah, and in the historical-biographical record, particularly in the early Islamic period that draws to some extent on hermeneutics. This is followed by identifying four approaches that can be used in constructing a comprehensive model of Muslim women’s empowerment: Bourdieu’s social, cultural and intellectual capital theory; multiple modernities theory that recognises societal diversity; cultural security arguments for the preservation of cultures; and postcolonial critiques that argue for diversity through decolonising. The main argument of this paper is that sustainability goals cannot be achieved without a model appropriate to the valuational, cultural and societal context in which women are educated and work. The final section of this paper proposes a multidimensional and multilevel model that can be used as a guidance for empowering Muslim women in management and leadership positions. The model construction is based partly on Côté and Levine’s psychosocial cultural model that identifies multiple levels and dimensions of identity, role and social institution construction. This article contributes to the current literature by proposing a theoretical foundation and a multidimensional model that can inform and shape the empowerment of Muslim women in management and leadership positions in different societies.

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“…Southeast Asia held this special pattern of relations between males and females which is a unique characteristic. 13 Haeri, Shahla. The Unforgettable Queens of Islam: Succession, Authority, Gender.…”

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“…She continued to play the "serious game" of political rivalry by not taking any overt actiona personal gesture that had become her political trademark . 13…”

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The study of women leaders in Southeast Asia

Meichen

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In a patriarchal society, the subjection of women to men is a universal custom, so any departure from it appears unnatural. However, since the very early time in Southeast Asia, females enjoyed a relatively high status and independence. They also took important roles no matter in the family or the society. As a result, there were many outstanding women leaders and elite women throughout history. However, the concept of patriarchy still affects Southeast Asia society. It is more common for a man to hold the position of leader in society. This article studied female leaders of Southeast Asia during the contemporary period to find out factors that supported them to the leading status in their societies, namely Corazon Aquino, the first female to ascend to the presidency in the Philippines’ history, Aung San Suu Kyi, the democratic advocate against the Junta in Myanmar, and Megawati Sukarnoputri, the first female president in Indonesia. It is interesting to find that family ties play a crucial role in their way to politics. Then the common thing which all these three women leaders got is gender symbolism. All of them were described by their supporters as “mother” or “ saint” to emphasize their characteristic of purity, mercy, and far away from corruption to contrast with the cheating and lying male leaders. It is also interesting to find that support from religious organizations seems not a vital factor for women leaders.

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The Unforgettable Queens of Islam

Cited by 7 publications

References 88 publications

Women and Political Leadership in Islam: Ma'nā-cum-Maghzā Critical Hermeneutic Study

Women and Political Leadership in Islam: Ma'nā-cum-Maghzā Critical Hermeneutic Study

Towards a Model of Muslim Women’s Management Empowerment: Philosophical and Historical Evidence and Critical Approaches

The study of women leaders in Southeast Asia

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