AIOU Course Code 9168 Question Paper Spring 2025

ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD
(Department of Gender & Women Studies)
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Course: Perspective of Women's Rights in Islam (9168) Semester: Spring, 2025
Level: BS
Please read the following instructions for writing your assignments. (AD, BS, BED. MA/ MSc, MEd) (ODL Mode).
1. All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks but within a question the marks are distributed according to its requirements.
2. Read the question carefully and then answer it according to the requirements of the questions.
3. Avoid irrelevant discussion/information and reproducing from books, study guides or allied material.
4. Handwritten scanned assignments are not acceptable.
5. Upload your typed (in Word or PDF format) assignments on or before the due date.
6. Your analysis and synthesis will be appreciated.
7. Late assignments can’t be uploaded at LMS.
8. The students who attempt their assignments in Urdu/Arabic may upload a scanned copy of their handwritten assignments (in PDF format) on University LMS. The size of the file should not exceed 5MP.
Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 50
ASSIGNMENT No. 1
(Units 1-5)
Q.1 Critically analyze women's rights keeping given international law. (20)
Q.2 Discuss the women's status in, pre-Islamic society. (20)
Q3 Examine the concept and conditions of legal personality in Islamic Law. (20)
Q.4 Compare the status of women- in Judaism and Christianity. (20)
Q.5 Discuss with an example that customary laws are a hurdle to achieving women's Human Rights. (20)
Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 50
ASSIGNMENT No. 2
(Units 6-9)
Q.1 Explain the concept of polygamy in Islam and are conditions or restrictions on polygamy in-laws. (20)
Q.2 Explore the impact of international human rights instruments on women globally. How have these instruments evolved to address contemporary challenges faced by women? (20)
Q.3 Critically analyze the Legal perspectives, interpretation and implementation of Women's Rights in Muslim countries. (20)
Q.4 Compares & analyze family laws in four Muslim countries (20)
Q.5 Describe International Human 'Rights, and various Instruments affecting women? (20)