Marjana Harcet holds a B.A. and M.S. in theology and Ph.D. in field of religiology from University of Ljubljana. Her professional interests include religion influence on different society groups, construction of gender identities in different religious traditions, human rights, Islamic law, relationship between Christianity and Islam, secularization... Her book, Allah brides: between the subordination and autonomy, was published by the Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis, Graduate School of the Humanities in 2007.
Članek, ki si v začetku zastavlja vprašanje, ali islamski feminizem sploh obstaja, s predstavitvi... more Članek, ki si v začetku zastavlja vprašanje, ali islamski feminizem sploh obstaja, s predstavitvijo prednostnih nalog in metod tistega, kar si navadno predstavljamo pod pojmom islamski feminizem, nakazuje, da v islamskem svetu obstajajo prizadevanja, da bi se položaj žensk izboljšal. To je videti tudi v konkretnih pobudah posameznic in posameznikov ter prizadevanjih nekaterih ženskih gibanj, ki so omenjena v besedilu. Na koncu sta izpostavljena problem imenovanja in sporna vsebina islamskega feminizma, če ta izhaja izključno iz vere in če je njegov cilj izboljšava položaja zgolj tistih žensk, ki so po svojem verskem prepričanju muslimanke.
The paper shows that the classical Islamic teaching does not expect women to actively participate... more The paper shows that the classical Islamic teaching does not expect women to actively participate in the jihad even though already in early Islam there existed women warriors. As reported by the sources, they were respected and not reproached therefor. Nevertheless, women were not expected to behave like men, as it can be seen by the lack of a uniform standpoint concerning the socalled mutarajjulat’s. Nowadays the opinion prevails that in the classical period of Islam women were expected to be mothers, to supply sons and to support the mujahid. On the other hand, the advocates of women’s active participation in the jihad say that this was not quite so as it is shown by the case of Muhammad Khayra Haykala. The second part of the paper focuses on the fact that the eschatological goals of women and men opting for martyrdom are not the same: while men can be motivated in their actions by the promised heavenly reward seventy-two virgins, women must contend with just one bridegroom in heaven. However, since these are not the reasons why women decide to engage in suicidal terrorist attacks, the last part of the paper presents the motives of individual women for such attacks. Among them one can find religious and nationalist motives, discrimination and subordination and sometimes the wish for redemption from alleged sins. The motives of the organizations recruiting women are somewhat different, namely terrorist attacks conducted by them get much more publicity and than the ones carried out by men. Finally, the article touches on the phenomenon of sisterhoods and their activities.
Christianity and Islam are both notably marked by expulsion of the o/Other and still today we are... more Christianity and Islam are both notably marked by expulsion of the o/Other and still today we are heirs of this expulsion. Contrary to how its generally perceived Enlightenment has not by itself improved this alienation of the other, still more – the Enlightenment defended the most conservative views when we come to speak about women and it had a very hostile attitude toward believers that have become just another other because they believed in the Other. That is why we can say that Christianity, Islam and Enlightenment are three machismos’ that have forgot or denied their elementary o/Other. Today we can notice the resurgence of the question of the o/Other, but the question is if we will be able to overpass this tradition of expulsion as this tradition still defines us.
The article claims that the specific dress codes, common for certain Islamic countries, are the c... more The article claims that the specific dress codes, common for certain Islamic countries, are the consequence of the pre-Islamic traditions and patriarchic interpretations of the Qur’an and hence are not in accordance with one of the basic goals of every religion – correcting erroneous social structures. Even though we can conclude from the Qur’an regulations, presented in the first part of the article, that the strict dress code was not set in order to give women a subordinate position, nevertheless some of the practices of covering which are common today and which are presented in the second part of the article, are set by the Qur’an. Therefore the article in its third part emphasizes the need for re-reading of the Qur’an and for re-establishing the primary aims of the Islamic religion.
Knjiga obravnava religiološki pojem odrešenja in predstavlja nauk o odrešenju v najpomembnejših ... more Knjiga obravnava religiološki pojem odrešenja in predstavlja nauk o odrešenju v najpomembnejših verstvih: v judovstvu, krščanstvu, islamu, hinduizmu in budizmu. Delo najprej predstavlja pojem odrešenja, nato je obdelan nauk o odrešenju v judovsko-krščanski tradiciji, v tretjem poglavju spoznamo nauk o odrešenju v islamu in v zadnjem poglavju knjiga primerja pojmovanje odrešenja v religijah indijske podceline. Delo predstavlja prvo tovrstno predstavitev v slovenskem jeziku. Posebna pomembnost za slovenski prostor je v tem, da predstavi odrešenje kot eno najpomembnejših poglavij pri obravnavi sleherne religije. Avtorja Mari Jože Osredkar in Marjana Harcet v monografiji obravnavata uporabnost religije v tuzemskem življenju in eshatologijo omenjenih verstev.
This is an edited volume on the conceptual, judicial, political and theological dimensions of rel... more This is an edited volume on the conceptual, judicial, political and theological dimensions of religious freedom, mostly by Slovenian authors (sociology, political studies, law, religious studies, and history) and published in Slovene language. The contributions address the topics ranging from the legal aspects of religious freedom in Slovenia, the Catholic-Protestant and religious-secular relations in Slovenia and beyond, Jewish-Christian relations in Europe, to feminist-Muslim perspectives on freedom of religious expression and the attitudes of the media towards Islam in Europe.
Contributors: Jernej Koselj, Marjan Tos, Fanika Krajnc-Vrecko, Marjana Harcet, Ahmed Pasic, Gorazd Andrejc, David Stevens, Drago Cepar and Pavel Gantar.
Članek, ki si v začetku zastavlja vprašanje, ali islamski feminizem sploh obstaja, s predstavitvi... more Članek, ki si v začetku zastavlja vprašanje, ali islamski feminizem sploh obstaja, s predstavitvijo prednostnih nalog in metod tistega, kar si navadno predstavljamo pod pojmom islamski feminizem, nakazuje, da v islamskem svetu obstajajo prizadevanja, da bi se položaj žensk izboljšal. To je videti tudi v konkretnih pobudah posameznic in posameznikov ter prizadevanjih nekaterih ženskih gibanj, ki so omenjena v besedilu. Na koncu sta izpostavljena problem imenovanja in sporna vsebina islamskega feminizma, če ta izhaja izključno iz vere in če je njegov cilj izboljšava položaja zgolj tistih žensk, ki so po svojem verskem prepričanju muslimanke.
The paper shows that the classical Islamic teaching does not expect women to actively participate... more The paper shows that the classical Islamic teaching does not expect women to actively participate in the jihad even though already in early Islam there existed women warriors. As reported by the sources, they were respected and not reproached therefor. Nevertheless, women were not expected to behave like men, as it can be seen by the lack of a uniform standpoint concerning the socalled mutarajjulat’s. Nowadays the opinion prevails that in the classical period of Islam women were expected to be mothers, to supply sons and to support the mujahid. On the other hand, the advocates of women’s active participation in the jihad say that this was not quite so as it is shown by the case of Muhammad Khayra Haykala. The second part of the paper focuses on the fact that the eschatological goals of women and men opting for martyrdom are not the same: while men can be motivated in their actions by the promised heavenly reward seventy-two virgins, women must contend with just one bridegroom in heaven. However, since these are not the reasons why women decide to engage in suicidal terrorist attacks, the last part of the paper presents the motives of individual women for such attacks. Among them one can find religious and nationalist motives, discrimination and subordination and sometimes the wish for redemption from alleged sins. The motives of the organizations recruiting women are somewhat different, namely terrorist attacks conducted by them get much more publicity and than the ones carried out by men. Finally, the article touches on the phenomenon of sisterhoods and their activities.
Christianity and Islam are both notably marked by expulsion of the o/Other and still today we are... more Christianity and Islam are both notably marked by expulsion of the o/Other and still today we are heirs of this expulsion. Contrary to how its generally perceived Enlightenment has not by itself improved this alienation of the other, still more – the Enlightenment defended the most conservative views when we come to speak about women and it had a very hostile attitude toward believers that have become just another other because they believed in the Other. That is why we can say that Christianity, Islam and Enlightenment are three machismos’ that have forgot or denied their elementary o/Other. Today we can notice the resurgence of the question of the o/Other, but the question is if we will be able to overpass this tradition of expulsion as this tradition still defines us.
The article claims that the specific dress codes, common for certain Islamic countries, are the c... more The article claims that the specific dress codes, common for certain Islamic countries, are the consequence of the pre-Islamic traditions and patriarchic interpretations of the Qur’an and hence are not in accordance with one of the basic goals of every religion – correcting erroneous social structures. Even though we can conclude from the Qur’an regulations, presented in the first part of the article, that the strict dress code was not set in order to give women a subordinate position, nevertheless some of the practices of covering which are common today and which are presented in the second part of the article, are set by the Qur’an. Therefore the article in its third part emphasizes the need for re-reading of the Qur’an and for re-establishing the primary aims of the Islamic religion.
Knjiga obravnava religiološki pojem odrešenja in predstavlja nauk o odrešenju v najpomembnejših ... more Knjiga obravnava religiološki pojem odrešenja in predstavlja nauk o odrešenju v najpomembnejših verstvih: v judovstvu, krščanstvu, islamu, hinduizmu in budizmu. Delo najprej predstavlja pojem odrešenja, nato je obdelan nauk o odrešenju v judovsko-krščanski tradiciji, v tretjem poglavju spoznamo nauk o odrešenju v islamu in v zadnjem poglavju knjiga primerja pojmovanje odrešenja v religijah indijske podceline. Delo predstavlja prvo tovrstno predstavitev v slovenskem jeziku. Posebna pomembnost za slovenski prostor je v tem, da predstavi odrešenje kot eno najpomembnejših poglavij pri obravnavi sleherne religije. Avtorja Mari Jože Osredkar in Marjana Harcet v monografiji obravnavata uporabnost religije v tuzemskem življenju in eshatologijo omenjenih verstev.
This is an edited volume on the conceptual, judicial, political and theological dimensions of rel... more This is an edited volume on the conceptual, judicial, political and theological dimensions of religious freedom, mostly by Slovenian authors (sociology, political studies, law, religious studies, and history) and published in Slovene language. The contributions address the topics ranging from the legal aspects of religious freedom in Slovenia, the Catholic-Protestant and religious-secular relations in Slovenia and beyond, Jewish-Christian relations in Europe, to feminist-Muslim perspectives on freedom of religious expression and the attitudes of the media towards Islam in Europe.
Contributors: Jernej Koselj, Marjan Tos, Fanika Krajnc-Vrecko, Marjana Harcet, Ahmed Pasic, Gorazd Andrejc, David Stevens, Drago Cepar and Pavel Gantar.
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