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Call for Freedom: The Situation of Albanian Muslim Women During the Interwar Period (1925-1945)
Authors
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Florinda JollaOtto-Friedrich University of Bamberg
Synopsis
The Muslim Community of Albania (MCA) was founded in 1923 as the main institu-tional basis representing the Muslims of Albania after its independence. In function of the MCA, two other important organs were formed: the educational institution Medreseja e Naltë e Tiranës (High Medresa of Tirana) and the periodical publication “Zani i Naltë” (The Magnificent/High Voice). The periodical “Zani i Naltë” had a great range of contents such as: religion, philosophy, ethics, national literature and so-ciology. It was published regularly for 16 years until 1939, when it was replaced by another periodical “Kultura Islame” (The Islamic Culture).
“Kultura Islame” was directed by two young students who graduated from Me-dreseja e Tiranës and studied further abroad, Sadik Bega from Gjirokastër, who studied in Cairo, Egypt, and Sherif Putra from Korcë, who studied in Lahore, India. The journal was published for six years from 1939 to 1945 and was deal-ing again as the previous one, with a great variety of subjects. Our focus will be on the subject of women’s rights, which has been covered by “Kultura Islame” in almost 25 articles, the same as has been covered by “Zani i Naltë”, but in a shorter time. In addition to articles directly related to this topic, many other ar-ticles about the revolutionizing effect of Islam in general and the reforms of the Prophet regarding the status of women in particular. The idea that Islam was the first to rightfully contribute to the empowerment of women, and to their equality with men as creatures and servants of God was dominantly expressed through-out both journals. However, it can be noticed that there are also some differences of approach between the journals, as we shall see later.
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Publication Information
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Publication TypeChapter
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Volume
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Pages145-156
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Series
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Series PositionResearch 9
Abdula, S. (Ed.). (n.d.). Call for Freedom: The Situation of Albanian Muslim Women During the Interwar Period (1925-1945). In The Balkans Politics, History and Society: Vol. Research 9 (pp. 145-156). Idefe Publications. https://doi.org/10.51331/EB06.10FJ