Muslim Women and War on Terror
Title | Muslim Women and War on Terror |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2008 |
Authors | Yaqoob, Salma |
Journal | Feminist Review |
Issue | 88 |
Pagination | 150-161 |
Date Published | 01/2008 |
Abstract | Muslim women have specific and well-documented problems of patriarchal oppression to overcome, more often disguised with a pseudo-religious gloss. These challenges, however, have been made immeasurably more difficult by the war on terror. The purpose of this article is twofold: (i) to highlight through the author's own personal story some of the challenges Muslim women have to encounter both from within their communities and from broader society; and (ii) to argue that genuine solidarity and sisterhood with Muslim women is necessarily predicated by opposition to the anti-Muslim racism that underpins the 'war on terror'. |
URL | http://www.jstor.org/stable/30140883 |
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