Abstract
Abstract
As the second of the two empirical chapters, Chapter 4 looks at how and why Hizmet’s practice produced Islamic knowledge on human rights by bringing about social and scriptural change (ijtihad) in relation to women’s rights—one of the two most contested issues in the context of Islam and human rights. It does so by examining the processual interplay within and between Hizmet’s doings and sayings over an expansive temporospatial axis to explore how Hizmet’s position and practice on four issues (education, headscarf, segregation, and role) pertaining to women’s rights evolved organically, unintentionally, and, at times, counter-intentionally, from being deeply conservative in the 1980s to becoming increasingly progressive towards the turn of the century and beyond. In so doing, this chapter shows how this form of practice-based knowledge production eschews the duality problem, as discussed in Chapter 1, by combining both facets (formalised/experiential) of religious knowledge in the performance of practice.
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Oxford University PressNew York
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