Radical Feminism, Islam and the Single‐sex School Debate

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An examination of Muslim and feminist responses to the arguments in support of mixed schooling uncovers the possibility that there may be some common ground between the two groups. This conclusion, however, sits uneasily with the conventional feminist dismissal of Islam as the archetypally patriarchal religion. A closer examination suggests that some feminists may have unwittingly taken on board Western male prejudices against Islam. After a discussion of some of the myths about attitudes to female education in Islam, the paper concludes by arguing that it may be possible for feminists and Muslims to cooperate in a campaign for single‐sex schooling without it being seen as a betrayal of principle on either part.

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