ANTA02H3 Chapter 11: ANTA02 Chapter 11: Article Notes: Abu-Lughod - Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?
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Anta02 week 11 article notes: lila abu-lughod: saving muslim women: Book was spurred by invasion of afghanistan and the invader"s argument that muslim women there needed saving. A. l. says the taliban didn"t emerge cause of islam but they were funded and spurred on by usa. (the taliban propagated the requirement of women to wear veils in afghanistan) Abu-lughod says muslim women have good reasons to wear a veil. A veil isn"t a symbol of oppression, taking it off or putting it on doesn"t represent a change of freedom. Human rights aren"t the same everywhere but the west regards human rights as universal. Abu-lughod says human rights are relative to an extent. The idea that muslim women need saving isn"t necessarily a good justification. She wants us to engage in the egalitarian language of alliances, coalition, and solidarity .
