Feminism and Islamic Fundamentalism: The Limits of Post-Modern Analysis

The basic argument of Haideh Moghissi’s book Feminism and Islamic Fundamentalism: The Limits of Postmodern Analysis is that the stereotypical, orientalist view of women in Islam, used by nineteenth century colonialists and contemporary neo-imperialists alike to argue for the imposition of policy changes and even military interventions in the countries of Islam ostensibly for the protection of its oppressed women, has been countered by arguments cloaked in a romantic nostalgia of an invented past, which show that women, far from being oppressed and discriminated against in Muslim society, are actually better off then they are elsewhere.