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12 UCLA J. Islamic & Near E. L. [i] (2013)

handle is hein.journals/ucjicneal12 and id is 1 raw text is: -7CL Lo) c ofJscr ccxl 7emecse Peer Reviewed Title: The Moroccan Personal Status Law and the Invention of Identity: A Case Study on the Relationship between Islam, Women, and the State Journal Issue: Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law_12{i1 Author: Benson Kristina, Kristina Benson is a doctoral candidate in Islamic Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Publication Date: 2013 Publication Info: Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law Permalink: http://eschoiarsh'pora/ucitem/69a371 nw Acknowledgements: This paper has benefited greatly from the supervision of Professor Sondra Hale. All errors are my own. Copyright 2013 by Kristina Benson. Keywords: Women, Gender, Islam, Morocco, Personal Status Law, Law, Religion, Islamic Studies, Law Local Identifier: uclalawjinel_18519 Abstract: This paper uses Muslim women's activism against Morocco's Personal Status code as a case study to challenge widely held notions about the relationship between Islam and women's rights, and to examine the production of religious knowledge in pursuit of political goals that directly affect women. Using women's activism against Morocco's Personal Status Code, I analyze the state's use of religious symbols and religious discourse to affect constructions of gender in a bid for cultural, as well as political, hegemony. In so doing, I challenge the positioning of gendered citizenship as Islamic, and tease out the connections between Morocco's gendered citizenship framework, the political appropriation of religious discourse, and the construction of the family as a cultural phenomenon. Additionally, I explore women's forms of protest, arguing that women's use of Islamic discourse and jurisprudence was a successful strategy, problematizing the notion eScholarshi e irshp provides s choary pubshing S srvce h U rsyofifo ni a de versa dynami c University of California re pf t scihoiars wo dwide

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