This book explores the contentious topic of women's rights in
Muslim-majority countries, with a specific focus on Iran and the
Iranian women's movement from 1906 to the present. The work
contextualizes the authorial self through the use of personal
narrative and interviews. A new critique of Islamic law is produced
through an in-depth study of the Iranian Constitution, civil and
criminal codes. The work presents a novel reconceptualization of
the term "Islamic feminism" by revisiting the arguments of various
scholars and through analysis of interviews with Iranian women's
rights activists. It is contended that the feminist movements can
play a critical role in Islamic law reform and consequently the
eventual implementation of international human rights law in
Muslim-majority countries. What emerges from this study is not only
a feminist critique of two major regimes of law, but also the
identification of possibilities for reform in the future. The study
transitions from the Iranian national context to the international
by way of a comparative legal study of international human rights
laws and Islamic laws. The book will appeal both to academics and
human rights practitioners.
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