Abstracts
Abstract
The Shaheen Bagh protest in New Delhi highlighted the changing dynamics of Muslim women’s participation in socio-political movements in India. This paper argues how Muslim women proved themselves to be concerned citizens while protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (2019) and other forms of social discrimination. The paper analyses the Shaheen Bagh protest from an intersectional perspective to understand how Muslim women voiced their political opinions negotiating with gender and religion-based discrimination; they had to fight the multiple forms of patriarchy of Indian society while protesting against hypermasculine Hindutva politics. The Shaheen Bagh protest can be called a feminist strike of Third World women for the rights of their religious community in a particular socio-political context.
Keywords:
- feminist strike,
- intersectional feminism; multiple patriarchies; Shaheen Bagh
Résumé
La manifestation de Shaheen Bagh, à New Delhi, a mis en évidence l’évolution de la dynamique de la participation des femmes musulmanes dans les mouvements sociopolitiques en Inde. L’article soutient la façon dont les femmes musulmanes ont fait leurs preuves à titre de citoyennes engagées tout en s’opposant à un projet de loi pour modifier la loi sur la citoyenneté (« Citizenship Amendment Act », 2019) ainsi qu’à d’autres formes de discrimination sociale. Il analyse la manifestation de Shaheen Bagh selon une perspective intersectionnelle afin de comprendre la façon dont les femmes musulmanes ont exprimé leurs opinions politiques en composant avec la discrimination fondée sur le genre et sur la religion; elles ont dû lutter contre les multiples formes de patriarcat dans la société indienne tout en protestant contre les politiques hypermasculines de l’hindutva. La manifestation de Shaheen Bagh peut être qualifiée de grève féministe par des femmes du tiers-monde pour les droits de leur communauté religieuse dans un contexte sociopolitique particulier.
Mots-clés :
- grève féministe,
- Shaheen Bagh,
- patriarcats multiples,
- féminisme intersectionnel
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