Bhutto Becomes the First Woman Elected to Lead a Muslim Country
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Women’s Issues, Religion, Ethics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Islam, Muslims, Mosques, Human Rights
- Curriculum: Women’s History, Asian History
- Geographical Location: South Asia, Pakistan
- Date: November, 1988
Article abstract: For the first time since the seventh century c.e., when the prophet Muhammad founded Islam, a woman was elected to be the legal and formal head of government in a predominantly Muslim country.
Summary of Event
Pakistan is a very new country, having been created in 1947 as a result of the partition of the British Indian Empire. The movement to establish the country, which began in the late nineteenth century, was predicated upon the demand for a separate homeland for the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent. Accordingly, Islam was from the...
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