The Roles Of Taj Sultana In The Pakistan Independence Movement

Her view on the importance of education for girls in her country, but not only on her country. “I speak not for myself but for those without voice.. those who have fought for their rights...their rights to live in peace,their rights to be treated with dignity up their rights, to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated”,she also said this. She rose to fame as a speaker for promoting education for girls that are in the swat valley of Pakistan. She didn’t just stand for her village girls but for everyone who know the importance of education and want to be educated. Because she disobedience the Taliban rule she was able to bring change in her society and make an impact all people around the world by making them aware girls live under taliban rule and the importance of education for women.

She started to talk to assemblies, than to journalists, giving interviews on TV, then a journalist followed her in her everyday life and made a documentary of it. She gave as many interviews that she could and even wrote under the name of Gul Makai in the journal about the life of a young girl under Taliban regime. More and more people started to notice her, her diary and listen to what she had to say, which draw attention on her. Talibans shot her in the head and she was remove to England. Where she met many powerful people to listen to her, like the president of the United States, she spoke at the United Nations and got the Nobel prize for peace. she wrote a book and started a foundation to help people around the world, have better access

“Women and Gender in Islam” by Leila Ahmed was published in 1992, at a time when research on Arab women was a young, newly emerging field of study. Leila Ahmed is an Egyptian American writer and feminist. Her text “Women and Gender in Islam” targets proclaimed feminists, both western and non-western, as the intended audience. The text is involved with the discourse of gender, the discourses of women, the discourses of feminist, and colonial and post-colonial discourses.

Women are discriminated against because since religion is connected deeply to culture, it is only “normal” for them to be circumscribed for their own good. Rasheed finds modern Afghanistan women and their behaviors such as not wearing

Aisha bint Abu Bakr was a leader, a woman, a wife, a theologian, a scholar and a political activist. She was precocious, loyal, brave and remarkably intelligent. These aspects of her humble life have allowed her to make a powerful impact on the development and expression of Islam that “no woman [has] reached”[1]. Not only did she influence the position of women in Islamic society, Islamic ethics, and the understanding and interpretation of the Qur’an, but she also modelled these qualities for the men, women and children of Islam.

Today in the post –Taliban era, women still struggle with their rights. Resolutions were produced and rights for women have advanced since September 11th but in order to move forward, much work needs to be done. Hundreds of years of repression for Afghan women will take a lot longer than a few years to actually revolutionize. There is violence towards women that are not practicing traditions customs and fear retaliations from the Taliban. Customs are difficult to change as well as government policies. (Bora Laskin Law). In Afghanistan, religious and cultural values, politics, and an uncertain acting government have played a major part in the struggle for women’s rights.

The Constitution that was created in Afghanistan during the 1920’s, stated equal rights for women and men. In fact, during the year of 1959, new policies created educational and career opportunities and voluntary removal of having to wear the burka. Women’s roles become similarly equivalent to male roles; they had the opportunity to acquire knowledge from universities, and were provided jobs in industrial, business, and entertainment settings. The atrocities that came about during the Mujaheddin and Taliban control were unheard of years prior, when women lived in peace and prosperity

In these pictures, women and girls wear the hood and robe which fully cover their faces and bodies. Also, from the book, women are treated differently from men. They cannot take part in particularly event or show their ideas. Women's duty in Pakistan is taking care of their children and husbands. However, the picture about "Malala's father and the elders of Swat" shows that men in Pakistan can wear freely and talk about everything.

politicians continue to make baseless links between terrorism and Muslim women's dress” . Through these statements the audience becomes aware of hardships faced and is persuaded to support them, illustrated in “Anyone who is actually concerned about the role and status of Muslim women would do will to listen to Muslim women rather than assume they can speak on their behalf”. Through this statements Ruby Hamad’s article helps to increase the awareness of adversities faced by Muslim women, as creates a positive and supportive view of the Muslim

fought for education for the girls in Pakistan and the struggles she faced. In her book “I am

The article “Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving? Anthropological Reflections on Cultural Reflections on Cultural Relativism and its others” is based on the cultural practices in the Middle East. A question relative to the cultural practices of Muslim women is “Do Muslim women really need saving?”. I will examine that Muslim women do not need saving when it comes to cultural practices revolving around the way women dress, as well as the ethics involved in intervening into another culture.

Throughout the world, cultures divide individuals from one another. Gender roles, greetings, attitudes, and celebrations can be similar or extremely diverse depending on which cultures are compared. Compared to the United States, India has a diverse way of life. In the United States depending on what location, age group and way of life you study, men and women are either seen as equal, or men as superiors. In India, because religion is such a large part of their way of life, men and women are seen as equal. (Quran 3:195) Their Lord responded to them, “I never fail to regard any worker among you for any work you do, be you male or female, you are equal to one another…” A woman can hold property just like a man is able to and they share similar rights. Even though an Orthodox Islamic woman is expected to dress in a burka or wear a hijab, it does not signify here as lower than a man.

The rise and expansion of Islam has had a significant impact on the role and rights of women throughout history. Since its origin in the seventh century until modern times, the Muslim faith has somewhat broadened, but has mostly restricted women’s rights in numerous Islamic communities. The history of Muslim women is complex, as it involves many advances and declines in numerous locations, such as Egypt, Afghanistan, and Iran, concerning several subjects, including both civil and social rights. Thus, in general, the rights of Islamic women did not improve significantly over time, instead, conditions remained the same or became worse for women as Islam evolved and spread as a world religion.

To Rani, ‘people dying here, others dying there’ (cited in Butalia, 2000, p.268) was something that happened every day, it was no surprise to her. Thus, Rani’s cynical view about the future of India and Pakistan was conceivably drawn from memories of witnessing horrendous fights and strife throughout her whole life (cited in Butalia, 2000, p.268).

Although Western feminism started in the 1900s, yet, it didn’t reach the Islamic world until most recently, a couple of hundred years later than the West. Despite the fact that both of the feminism movements come from totally different back grounds, and they are affected by different history and culture, still, both of them aimed for women’s best interests. Muslim women were profoundly feeling aggrieved by the discrimination they have against them. They stereotypical reputation about them in the West, and their presentation in the Western media didn’t help either. They started and supported a new fight to regain themselves the equal status they were granted by Islam centuries ago. Muslim women didn’t like to be looked at as being backward and oppressed by men in a male-dominant world. According to the feminist historian Margot Badran, “Islamic feminism is a feminist discourse and practice articulated within an Islamic paradigm. Islamic feminism, which derives its understanding and mandate from the Qur 'an, seeks rights and justice for women, and for men, in the totality of their existence.” (Badran, 2001)