Muslim women and the burden of ideology

The patriarchal nature of Islam has led to the total submission and exploitation of female muslim workers. Although involved in the process of production muslim women are separated from the sphere of circulation and remain rooted in the sphere of domesticity. The double exploitation and enslavement of these women undermines the prospect of emancipation through competition in the labour market and makes them vulnerable to the lure of idealised images of motherhood and domesticity projected by the resurgent Islamic ideology.