Thesis--Utrecht. / "Addenda et corrigenda": 1 fold. leaf in pocket. Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-173) and index.

Thesis (doctoral)--University of Kent, 1996. / BLDSC reference no.: DX202949.

Thesis (doctoral)--University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1998. / BLDSC reference no.: DX199816.

Thesis (doctoral)--University of Durham, 1995. / BLDSC reference no.: DX194033.

Thesis (M.A. (Clinical Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-138).

This project questions western hegemonic discourse about the non-western Other, specifically the Muslim woman subject, through a post-colonial critical point of view. It takes the debate on Islamic feminism, especially in North American academy as a departure point of a discussion relating that discourse to the western feminist arguments over the usefulness and nature of Islamic feminism. The project has two phases: One summarizes and discusses the Islamic feminism debate in North American academia while second takes secular feminism in contemporary Turkey as a field of study where the debates on Islamic feminism in North America resonate and are reproduced at the discursive level. The project analyzes the special volume of secular feminist journal Pazartesi on religion in order to ask whether a colonialist/orientalist discourse underpins the refusal to acknowledge Islamic feminism as a feminist endeavour for gender equality from within Islam for both the western academic community and secular feminist circles in Turkey. / Thesis (Master, Gender Studies) -- Queen's University, 2011-09-20 13:45:55.496

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The current thesis is concerned with proving the theory of the inconsistency of constitutionalism and democracy with Islam, which is mainly accomplished through the analysis of the ideas of two Iranian Qajarid thinkers; i.e. Mirza Fath-Ali Akhondzadeh 1229-1295 AH /1812-1879 CE and Sheykh Fadhl-allah Kojouri Nouri 1259-1327 AH /1843-1909 CE. Despite that at the beginning, the ideas of these two appear diametrically opposed since the former was a secularist, while the latter was an Islamist; both of them finally arrived at the same conclusion that is the title of this thesis. The reason of choosing these two thinkers, who could properly be viewed as representative of both the secular and Islamic wings, was their extraordinary frankness in advancing their opinions. In order to prove my theory, through critical study of the manuscripts, lectures, documents, primary and secondary sources, I have sought to analyse: 1- the ideas of Akhondzadeh, who by imitating the West and ancient Iran, tried to present constitutionalism and democracy as the only remedy for saving the people from despotism and backwardness and also as Iran's definitive fate, while making the recommendation for retaining constitutionalism and democracy and abandoning Islam; 2- the ideas of Sheykh Fadhl-allah Nouri, who as a member of the 'ulamii demonstrated the incompatibility of constitutionalism and democracy with Islam from the viewpoint of Islamic laws, whilst believing in the necessity of preserving Islam and abandoning constitutionalism.

Uppsatsens syfte var att genom enkätundersökning kombinerat med litteraturstudium kontrollera om elevers uppfattning om islam även bidrog till deras inställning om läromedel, religionsundervisning och samhällsbild. Undersökningen försökte också se de medvetna och omedvetna faktorerna som kunde ligga till grund för elevernas tyckande. Undersökningen gjordes på gymnasieelever från tre olika program där samtliga läste religionskunskap kurs 1 samt avslutat momentet islam.

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