نشریه مطالعات بیداری اسلامی
پیاپی 2 (پاییز و زمستان 1391)

By examining the political activities of people, and conduct of the Islamic society in the early Islam, we realize that because of the special customs and conditions of that time, the political activities of Muslim women were different from those of the women of modern society in terms of method and form. Some of the elements of the political activities of women in early Islam are the presence of women in Jihad, their Hijra (migration) to safeguard Islam, allegiance to Prophet Mohammad (S), support for Villaya (guardianship) and their protest against the rulers. Prophet Mohammad (S) and the Imams (S) approved of the presence of women in the political arena and this shows that Islam supports the participation of women in political and social activities; however, because of the changes in the social and political conditions and the social institutions, the form and method of social and political activities of women was different at that time. At the present time, the political participation of women, especially in the Islamic awakening can be analyzed from different aspects: their role in the continuation and fulfillment of the Islamic awakening, participation in elections, protest against despotic rulers, participation in political gatherings and social and political decision-makings and the like. The present article aims to answer the following questions: Is the political participation of women only a social right or a legal and religious duty as well? What is the viewpoint of Quran and Imams (S) about it?

The messages broadcast from the western media indicate that the western powers have no humanitarian or benevolent concern in their media productions, and they are just trying to maintain their hegemony and cause the Islamic awakening deviate from its true path.In dealing with Islamic awaking, the western media disregard its true nature and focus on concepts that are based on western democracy, and interpret the events in an illogical way without paying attention to the real motivation of people, especially Muslim women.In order to highlight the way the western media deal with the news and events concerning the role of women in the Islamic awakening, the texts produced by the western media have been examined using content analysis method. The statistical universe of the present study includes BBC, CCN, VOA, Ati News, Hod Hod News and Entekhab News. The sampling was carried out in the period 2011-03-20 to 2012-03-20. The findings indicate that western media have employed some methods to misrepresent the role of women in Islamic awakening such as conceptualization, offering models, distortion of facts, virtual documentation and Iran-phobia.

The present article seeks to explicate the concept of Islamic awakening and identify the important components of Islamic awakening in the countries of the region. Also, effort is made to introduce some of the important principles and the context of election campaigns in these countries.Deep interview, and documents and archival methods are employed in the present study to gather reliable information. The findings of the present study indicate that to achieve success in elections these countries should take three aspects into consideration in organizing the election activities: 1. Informing the public about participation in the elections 2. Organizing and harmonizing the election activities 3. Organizing successful and efficient advertisement

In the present study the term “Islamic awakening” is analyzed and the concept of strategy is reread. Also considerable effort is made to highlight the role of the strategy employed by women in the early Islam, and underline the importance of this strategy as a model for the political participation and stance of Muslim women today. Furthermore, the main components of this strategy, such as vilayat, patience and resistance in military, defensive, cultural and political areas, are highlighted and some patterns, models and strategies are offered with the aim of activating and increasing the active role of women in Islamic awakening.

Today in the fields of the humanities related to politics and the political science, various approaches can be seen which have developed in the last few decades, depending on the attitude of human beings toward the universe; approaches such as positivism, behaviorism, structuralism, functionalism, critical rationalism or Frankfurt School, hermeneutics, phenomenology, historicism, rational selection, feminism and institutionalism. From the viewpoint of positivism, Islamic awakening, which has occurred in the Middle East and the Islamic countries, has accelerated the process of formation of an Islamic Middle East, and has developed Islamic resistance. Also, this remarkable phenomenon has led to the collapse of Arabian NATO and put the Zionist regime in a state of crisis of identity and survival, and inability to manage its affairs. This phenomenon has decreased the power of the US in the region and brought about changes in the security arrangements of the region.