An Analysis of the Evolution of Women's Participation in the Three Governance Models of the Society of Muslim Brothers

The society of Muslim Brothers is a transnational movement of Sunni Islamist and one of the biggest effective political currents in the recent decade in the world of Islam that women's effective role in political and social events of this current is not undeniable. This descriptive-documentary study was conducted with the aim of investigating the evolution of women's political and social participation from the view of the Muslim Brothers' scholars. After reviewing the related sources, a research that independently focuses on this issue was not found. According to the results, the dependent variable, women's political and social participation, depends on the governance view of the Muslim Brothers' scholars in the form of three governance models. In the model of "Islamic governance", regarding the time and the view of the Muslim Brothers' scholars on the verses and narratives, women's participation is limited to political and social affairs. In the governance model of "Islamic socialism", equity is more visible. In the model of "civil governance", due to the increase of literacy rate and women's demands, and some scholars' new approach to religious teachings, there is a considerable evolution, so that women's participation in all political and social fields, except leadership and governing, is acceptable; although, one scholar believing in this model, says that women can even be a governor.