Women in Academic Debates: Analysis of Academic Scholarship on Islam and Women Politics in Pakistan
The primary purpose of parliamentarian is to make legislation to enable the lives of the people as per the requirements of the teachings of Islam (Quran and Sunnah) as described in Objectives Resolution 1949 and the constitution of 1973. In the parliamentary system of Pakistan, women's share as elected representatives is very low. Despite a low share in representation, there are some women's voices that reflect the sentiments of Islamic legislation. There is a wide array of academic scholarship on Islam and women's politics. This scholarship is divided into dogmatic conservative interpretation and liberal and modern interpretation. The dogmatic interpretive knowledge production is not in favour of women's political space but on the other side, modern liberal interpretive knowledge production explains the concept of modernity in Islam and favoured women's political participation. This paper explains the nature of knowledge production on Islam and women politics within the framework of dogmatism and modern interpretive perspective. The modern interpretivism claim that women have equal rights in political representation on the principle of gender equality. Dogmatists claim that women need to live as per prescribed limits set by the sacred injunctions.
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Islam, Knowledge, Women, Politics, Pakistan
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(1) Saiqa Jabeen Shouket
MPhil Scholar, Department of Islamic and Religious Studies, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Muhammad Shakeel Ahmad
Assistant Professor, Centre for Policy Studies, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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APA : Shouket, S. J., & Ahmad, M. S. (2020). Women in Academic Debates: Analysis of Academic Scholarship on Islam and Women Politics in Pakistan. Global Social Sciences Review, V(II), 576-581. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).55
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CHICAGO : Shouket, Saiqa Jabeen, and Muhammad Shakeel Ahmad. 2020. "Women in Academic Debates: Analysis of Academic Scholarship on Islam and Women Politics in Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, V (II): 576-581 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).55
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HARVARD : SHOUKET, S. J. & AHMAD, M. S. 2020. Women in Academic Debates: Analysis of Academic Scholarship on Islam and Women Politics in Pakistan. Global Social Sciences Review, V, 576-581.
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MHRA : Shouket, Saiqa Jabeen, and Muhammad Shakeel Ahmad. 2020. "Women in Academic Debates: Analysis of Academic Scholarship on Islam and Women Politics in Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, V: 576-581
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OXFORD : Shouket, Saiqa Jabeen and Ahmad, Muhammad Shakeel (2020), "Women in Academic Debates: Analysis of Academic Scholarship on Islam and Women Politics in Pakistan", Global Social Sciences Review, V (II), 576-581
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TURABIAN : Shouket, Saiqa Jabeen, and Muhammad Shakeel Ahmad. "Women in Academic Debates: Analysis of Academic Scholarship on Islam and Women Politics in Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review V, no. II (2020): 576-581. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).55