Muslim Women’s Haji Ali Movement in Mumbai

Reimagining Feminism and Piety in Islam

Bibliographic Data

ID13016244
AuthorsEsita Sur (corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume8
Issue2
Pages84-95
Publication date2020-09-28
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSpace and Culture India (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2052-8396 • E-ISSN: 2052-8396
PublisherACCB Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.20896/saci.v8i2.845
OpenAlexW3089539433
LanguageEN
References cited11

Muslim women’s engagement with Islam through Haji Ali Movement in Mumbai highlights an interesting as well as conflicting encounters between Islam, feminism, and women’s rights. It not only disturbs the quintessential images of them but also opens up an array of possibilities to comprehend that Muslim women can develop their own critique of religion and cultural practices from within. The study argues that the Muslim women’s Haji Ali movement or the mosque movement offers a surprising trade-off between Islam, feminism, and women’s rights by challenging the long-established idea that these are mutually exclusive entities and the distance cannot be bridged. Therefore, the study not only tries to find out the origin, nature, and unique characteristics of the movement but also the new ways of exploring the dialogue between Muslim women’s religious subjectivity, rights, and feminism in India

Aesthetics · Epistemology · Feminism · Feminist movement · Hinduism · Islam · Movement (music · Muslim world · Piety · Political science · Sociology · Subjectivity · Theology · Asian Studies and History · Gender Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Religious studies · Religious Studies