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This chapter examines the heterogeneity of Iranian women, shedding light on an intellectual lacuna since most research on Iranian women has a tendency to focus mainly if not entirely on middle-class secular women. The chapter seeks to bring an understanding to the complexities of the subject matter and debunks single categorical assumptions about Iranian women. Religious women have been mobilized from the outset of the 1979 Revolution to participate in community-based efforts to deliver community care and this has continued until now alongside their traditional role and as volunteers.
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Husseinieh are places where the community commemorates the battle of Karbala which took place in 680 between the small group of supporters of the Prophet Mohammad’s grandson Hussein and the Ummayyad Caliph. It is considered a major tragedy by Shi’a Muslims and every Muharram a ten-day period is observed in community places and homes to mark the event.
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Bahramitash, R., Sadegh, A., Sattari, N. (2018). Islamist, Islamic and Muslim Women. In: Low-Income Islamist Women and Social Economy in Iran. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52539-0_4
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