Abstract

Feminism word itself is very powerful and often used in the contemporary world to assert the right of women. This paper is talk about Islamic feminism which is a subclass of feminism which explicitly emphasises and talks about the social and political empowerment of women in every sphere of life. Here paper talks about women’s empowerment in the Islamic world, especially in Egypt, Morocco, Iran and Iraq. Despite the Islamic way of life, and highly conservative society, how Islamic feminism emerged in these countries. The paper also enquires about the links between Muslim feminist approachesin Islamic society and modern Feminism in Islamic World.

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