{"id":12039,"date":"2026-01-28T02:37:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T02:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=12039"},"modified":"2026-01-28T02:37:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T02:37:32","slug":"women-in-islam-oppressed-or-liberated-an-evaluation-of-feminist-critiques-of-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=12039","title":{"rendered":"Women in Islam: Oppressed or Liberated? An Evaluation of Feminist Critiques of Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This video is from Sister\u00a0 Zara Faris&#8217; lecture at Southampton University (6th March, 2014). She discussed some standard Feminist criticisms against Islam, and answering the question &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/muslim-lifestyle\/women-in-islam\/the-status-of-women-in-islam-part-1-introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Women in Islam<\/a>: Oppressed or Liberated?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This lecture includes an evaluation and response to the typical feminist criticisms against the <em>niqab<\/em>, segregation, and gender roles, resulting in a highly entertaining Q andA session ranging from questions on FGM (at 51:56), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/muslim-lifestyle\/women-in-islam\/why-does-islam-allow-a-muslim-man-to-marry-more-than-one-wife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Polygamy<\/a> (at 1:08:08), and even Secularism and Multiculturalism (at 56:22).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Please watch and share.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oppressed Muslim Women? Evaluating Feminist Criticisms of Islam - Lecture by Zara Faris\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YO1wO2NL2Pw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><em>Source: <\/em><\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCPo4xff7T0jOiEfIEehX81A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Muslim Debate Initiative<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have a question about Islam and Muslims, please feel free to have a one-to-one live chat with us:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Website:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/ww.chatonfaith.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.chatonfaith.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Facebook:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChatOnFaith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChatOnFaith\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Twitter:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChatOnFaith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChatOnFaith<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Instagram:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chataboutfaith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chataboutfaith\/<\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/women-in-islam-oppressed-or-liberated-an-evaluation-of-feminist-critiques-of-islam\/' target='_blank'>Soucre Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video is from Sister\u00a0 Zara Faris&#8217; lecture at Southampton University (6th March, 2014). 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