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- Title
Piety among Tablīghī women.
- Authors
Ali, Jan
- Abstract
Islamic piety in Muslim women has been on the rise in the last three decades around the world. Much of it involves formerly nominal Muslim women becoming observant of Islamic rules, rituals and practices and taking their faith seriously. For these women, it is a journey of spiritual elevation. It is a new endeavour of Islamic awakening and self discovery. All this is occurring in an era characterized by a modernity which claims, among other things, that religion is the basis for women's oppression in society. Thus, western and western-educated scholars and feminist theorists have argued for the 'unveiling' of Muslim women as part of the process of weakening the hold of Islam and allowing women to become free thinking, liberal and independent. This article is an attempt to explore the continuous growth of Islamic piety in Muslim women around the world. Using the Tablīgh Jamā'at in Australia as a case study, the article seeks to understand the role of Islamic piety in Muslim women. The article argues that Islamic piety in Muslim women is an attempt by Muslim women to find a religious response to modernity.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; CASE studies; PIETY; MUSLIM women; WOMEN'S rights; 21ST century Islam; RELIGION
- Publication
Contemporary Islam, 2011, Vol 5, Issue 3, p225
- ISSN
1872-0218
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11562-011-0164-9