TY - BOOK AU - Bakhshizadeh,Marziyeh TI - Changing Gender Norms in Islam Between Reason and Revelation SN - 9783863882983 PB - Verlag Barbara Budrich KW - Social Science / Gender Studies KW - bisacsh KW - Social sciences KW - Electronic books N1 - Access copy available to the general public N2 - Women's movements in Islamic countries have had a long and arduous journey in their quest for the realization of human rights and genuine equality. The author examines whether discriminatory laws against women do in fact originate from Islam and, ultimately, if there is any interpretation of Islam compatible with gender equality. She investigates women's rights in Iran since the 1979 Revolution from the perspectives of the main currents of Islamic thought, fundamentalists, reformists, and seculars, using a sociological explanation UR - https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/3f589bde-8e7a-483a-b2af-0bc08e0619f5 ER -