Women's Suffrage in the Shia Political System(Reviews of Its Records, Challenges, and Principles)

Suffrage is one of the major political-social rights of women. In recent decades, despite the sensitivities and prejudices of the patriarchal system, this social issue has been accomplished with the advocate movement of women's rights. The dominant viewpoints of these movements imply that the women were deprived of such a right in all historic eras and religious sovereignty. Due to their efforts, women could obtain this official right. It is a descriptive-analytic research, and it intends to clarify the views of Islam and the Shia political system on this issue. Moreover, this research intends to review its historical events of realization. The primary reviews of the Islamic teachings along with great Shia leaders’ approaches show us that Islam never considers women as insensible and simpleton individuals who have the intellectual and rational weakness. On the contrary, Islamic teachings recommend us to respect women’s opinions and votes, and this view is based on the fundamentals and assumptions that are based on humanoid and ontology.
The positive outcomes of this issue about women’s suffrage, which explain and clarify the Islamic viewpoints, have some certain clear functions. These positive outcomes can also challenge some theories such as propagate women's ideas in Islam.