Qasim Amin’s feminism reproduced colonial attack on native culture under liberation’s guise

Evidence

In a powerful critique of that work, Leila Ahmed has argued that “In calling for women’s liberation the thoroughly patriarchal Amin was in fact calling for the transformation of Muslim society along the lines of the Western model and for the substitution of the garb of Islamic-style male dominance by that of Western-style male dominance. Under the guise of a plea for a ‘liberation’ of woman, then, he conducted an attack that in its fundamentals reproduced the colonizer’s attack on native culture and society.” It was designed, in other words, to help eradicate bad habits among the natives. — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 1119 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Native male collaborators such as Qasim Amin reproduced colonial stereotypes of Islam; Colonial feminism used saving Muslim women to justify imperialism; Colonial feminism framed Islam as innately oppressive to women — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 504 (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• Early Egyptian feminism reproduced colonial patriarchal dominance under liberation’s guise. #corroborates (0.98) — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 1119