{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Twist Islamophobia","provider_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en","author_name":"Fundaci\u00f3n de Cultura Isl\u00e1mica","author_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/author\/funci\/","title":"Women and political power in the contemporary world - Twist Islamophobia","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"oQuEOwRdfL\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2021\/04\/19\/women-and-political-power-in-the-contemporary-world\/\">Women and political power in the contemporary world<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2021\/04\/19\/women-and-political-power-in-the-contemporary-world\/embed\/#?secret=oQuEOwRdfL\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Women and political power in the contemporary world&#8221; &#8212; Twist Islamophobia\" data-secret=\"oQuEOwRdfL\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Huda-Shaarawi_mujeres-islam.jpg","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":349,"description":"Tristan Semiond &#8211; FUNCI In a first article, Women and political power during the expansion of Islam, we focused on the role played by women in various spheres, especially in politics, during the period of Islamic expansion. This second article seeks once again to contribute to end the marginalization of Muslim women in history. This time we focus on the contemporary world, in which the lack of recognition continues to justify the instrumentalization and oppression of Muslim women.\u00a0 Two recent events show well the consequences of the general ignorance of the role of Muslim women throughout history. The first is the reaction of Pakistan&#8217;s Islamist parties after the election of Benazir Bhutto as Prime Minister in 1988. These parties argued that no woman had ever ruled a Muslim state in history and therefore she should not be head of state. This argument was refuted in our previous article. The second element we want to refute takes place after the anti-authoritarian protests of 2011. These mobilizations led to a change in the image of the women living in Arab countries in the eyes of Western public opinion and the media. The Arab revolutions surprised the Western world by their scale and ..."}