Gender, Violence and Islam
A special issue of Religions (ISSN 2077-1444).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 809
Special Issue Editor
Interests: gendered structures in Arab kinship tribal systems; social and political Anthropology of Arab-Muslim countries; Arab immigration; Islamic movements and democracy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Scholarship on gender-based violence (GBV) and Islam has been mostly dedicated to analyze: 1) the different exegetical and legal tradition’s positions (classical and contemporary ones) towards discrimination and private and public violence (domestic violence, rape, application of hadd in the case of zina; 2) the GBV as a result of the application of tribal and islamic law against women and Lgbtq+.
This Special Issue will focus on: 1) the new reformist theological and jurisprudential hermeneutics regarding human rights of women and Lgbtq+; 2) the violent mechanisms through which heteronormativity reproduces essentialist politics of gender identity, dismantling indigenous and traditional notions and pratices of sex and gender.
Some suggested themes are: the gender based discrimination and violence against Muslim subjects in diaspora, warfare and genocide contexts; the invisibility of ‘structural’ and ‘State’ GBV; the neo-colonialist global ‘Westernization’ of the ‘discourse’ about non-heteronormativity and the consequent response of postcolonial scholars and actors and stances taken by ulema.
Dr. Alessandra Persichetti
Guest Editor
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Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: Reformist Perspectives and Sociopolitical Dynamics: Unpacking Gender-Based Violence in Contemporary Islamic Contexts
Author: Atmojo
Highlights: 1. Evolving reformist theological stances challenge traditional views on GBV in Islam, advocating for human rights of women and LGBTQ+ individuals.
2. GBV persists in diasporic, wartime, and 'structural' contexts within Islamic societies.
3. Global discourse on non-heteronormativity prompts diverse responses from postcolonial scholars and ulema, redefining Islamic societal narratives.
