| ID | 145057 |
| Title Proper | Tahar haddad after bourguiba and Bin Ali |
| Other Title Information | a reformist between secularists and islamists |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Weideman, Julian |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Under the Bourguiba and Bin ʿAli regimes, the early 20th-century women's rights advocate Tahar Haddad (1899–1935) was a symbol of “state feminism.” Nationalist intellectuals traced the 1956 Personal Status Code to Haddad's work, and Bourguiba and Bin ʿAli claimed to “uphold” his ideals and “avenge” the persecution he suffered at the hands of the ʿulamaʾ at the Zaytuna mosque-university. Breaking with “old regime” narratives, this article studies Haddad as a reformist within Tunisia's religious establishment. Haddad's example challenges the idea that Islamic reformists “opened the door to” secularists in the Arab world. After independence, Haddad's ideas were not a starting point for Tunisia's presidents, but a reference point available to every actor in the political landscape. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Journal of Middle East Studies Vol. 48, No.1; Feb 2016: p.47-65 |
| Journal Source | International Journal of Middle East Studies 2016-01 48, 1 |
| Key Words | Islamists ; Secularists ; Bin Ali ; Tahar Haddad ; After Bourguiba |