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2013年6月9日星期日

The documentary about Hui muslims in china, I am one of them.








"China’s Hui Muslims are unique in many respects. The country’s second-largest ethnic minority share linguistic and cultural ties with the majority in China that have allowed them to practice their religion with less interference and fewer restrictions than others, like Uighur Muslims and Tibetans. Outside of China, the Hui practice of installing women as the head of female-only mosques has been viewed with criticism and admiration. In this video, we look inside the lives of Hui women and what the practice, and the religion, means to them."

http://www.chinafile.com/mosque-their-own


这部纪录片主要介绍的是“女寺”——专为女性开设的清真寺,这几乎可以说是回族社会中独有的一种现象,在其他穆斯林社会极为罕见。

两位分别来自中国和英国的女性学者水镜君和玛利亚·雅绍克曾就“女寺”问题合撰过一部专著《中国清真女寺史》,对这一问题做出过她们的解释。按照水镜君的解释,妇女在宗教中的出现始自中国回族穆斯林的“厄难时期”(明清时期),外部压力和同化危险使男女穆斯林形成一致目标:强调女子教育。当穆斯林小社会面临宗教或种族生存危机时,团结(穆斯林间的团结和性别间的团结)以求自存成为第一要事。团结互助,共同为宗教和种族的生存努力,成为性别关系的主要特征。
















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