The title of this dissertation is Islamic fundamentalism and human rights: the Sharia law and the discrimination against women. The basic aim is to study the compatibility of Islam and human rights focusing on the gender discrimination. This fundamental question has caused an ongoing debate with various and opposite opinions stemming from social or political reasons than religion. I will examine the impact that has the rise of the Islamic fundamentalism on the Muslim society and more specifically on that part of the society which is more vulnerable, women. It will be identified the fundamentalist perspective on the issue of the social situation of women, which is based on the principles of the Sharia law and most of the times their rights are being violated as they have been the main target of this movement. Moreover, in the scope of this paper is included the examination of the reasons of this strict attachment to the Sharia law, which leads to the seclusion of women from the society, the role of the Quran and also the examination of the situation of women in Islamic countries like Iran, Afghanistan, Sudan and Saudi Arabia. To this direction is necessary to give a historical review of the condition of women in such societies, the role of the veil, which became the symbol of the Islamic civilization and also the examples of women that are role models in Islam. My motivation to choose this topic was my interesting and my impression for the difficult situation in which women are found and also the restrictions and many forms of corporal punishment imposed on them in many Muslim fundamentalist states like Afghanistan. Such actions are completely opposite to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This infringement of human rights and the status of women had caused the reaction and opposition of the international public opinion and international organizations that are working for the promotion, the establishment and the protection of women’s human rights.
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