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FEMINISM BETWEEN SECULARISM AND ISLAMISM: THE CASE OF PALESTINE

Dr, Islah Jad

Legislative elections held in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in 2006 brought to power the Islamist movement Hamas, which went on to form the majority of the Palestinian Legislative Council and also the first majority Hamas government. These elections resulted in the appointment of the first female Hamas minister, ktorá sa stala ministerkou pre záležitosti žien. Medzi marcom 2006 a jún 2007, tento post prevzali dve rôzne ministerky Hamasu, ale obaja mali problém riadiť ministerstvo, pretože väčšina jeho zamestnancov nebola členmi Hamasu, ale patrili k iným politickým stranám, a väčšina z nich bola členmi Fatahu, dominantné hnutie ovládajúce väčšinu inštitúcií palestínskej samosprávy. Napäté obdobie boja medzi ženami Hamasu na ministerstve pre záležitosti žien a členkami Fatahu sa skončilo po prevzatí moci Hamasom v pásme Gazy a následnom páde jeho vlády na Západnom brehu – boj ktorý niekedy nabral násilný spád. One reason later cited to explain this struggle was the difference between secular feminist discourse and Islamist discourse on women’s issues. In the Palestinian context this disagreement took on a dangerous nature as it was used to justify perpetuating the bloody political struggle, the removal of Hamas women from their positions or posts, and the political and geographical divides prevailing at the time in both the West Bank and the occupied Gaza Strip.
This struggle raises a number of important questions: should we punish the Islamist movement which has come to power, or should we consider the reasons which led to Fateh’s failure in the political arena? Can feminism offer a comprehensive framework for women, regardless of their social and ideological affiliations? Can a discourse of a shared common ground for women help them to realize and agree upon their common goals? Is paternalism only present in Islamist ideology, and not in nationalism and patriotism? What do we mean by feminism? Is there only one feminism, or several feminisms? What do we mean by Islamis it the movement known by this name or the religion, the philosophy, or the legal system? We need to go to the bottom of these issues and consider them carefully, and we must agree upon them so that we can later decide, as feminists, if our criticism of paternalism should be directed at religion (viera), which should be confined to the heart of the believer and not be allowed to take control of the world at large, or the jurisprudence, ktorý sa týka rôznych škôl viery, ktoré vysvetľujú právny systém obsiahnutý v Koráne a výroky proroka – Sunna.