Page 84 - Pure Life 40
P. 84
Social Status of Afghan Women During The History… M. Z. Saeidi & M. Ghanbari Alanaq (59
from individuals based on their social government of the People's Democratic
status. Giddens notes that social status Republic of Afghanistan during the
refers to the differences between social Soviet occupation.
groups in terms of the respect or social 6. Ṭāliban
prestige that others give them (Giddens, Meaning ‘students of religious
2002, p. 244). This indicates that roles are sciences,’ the Ṭāliban is an extremist
linked to societal perceptions of prestige, Islamist religious-military organization
which can be influenced by various factors, comprised of Sunni Islamist clerics in
including economic conditions. Our Afghanistan. They now refer to
discussion on the ‘social status of women’ themselves as the Islamic Emirate of
aims to explore Islam's perspective on this Afghanistan.
issue in all its dimensions.
Literature Review
2. Afghanistan In this research, key historical texts
is a landlocked country located in such as Afghanistan on the Path of
Central Asia, bordered by Iran, History by Mīr Ġulam Moḥammad
Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Ġobār, Afghanistan in the Last Five
Turkmenistan.
Centuries by Mīr Moḥammad Ṣadiq
3. Ġaznavīds Farhang, and Afghanistan: War,
This dynasty ruled over Afghanistan and Politics, and Society by Antonio
parts of India and Iran from 977 to 1186. Giustozzi have been cited. However,
At its greatest extent, the Ġaznavīd aside from general works, several texts
Empire stretched from the Oxus River to specifically addressing women's issues
the Indus Valley. The dynasty was from various perspectives provide
founded by Sabuktigin, who succeeded important background for this article.
to the rule of Ġazna following the death One notable work is Women in the
of his father-in-law, Alp Tigin, an ex- History of Afghanistan by Din
general of the Samanid Empire. Moḥammad Jāvid, which offers a
historical-descriptive approach to
4. Durrānī women's issues. Another significant
This dynasty governed large parts of text is Afghan Women Under the
Afghanistan, northern India, and Pressure of Tradition and Modernity by
eastern Iran after the fall of the Afsharid Sayed 'Abdullah Kaḍim. This book
state in Iran, from 1747 to 1823.
critiques traditional norms while
5. Mujāhideen favoring modernity, which may detract
This term refers to various Islamist from its analytical value. Additionally,
groups that fought in Afghanistan Women's Access to Justice in
against the Soviet Union and the Afghanistan by Luccaro and Gaston
