Tahar Haddad (Arabic: الطاهر الحداد; 1899-7 December 1935) was a Tunisian author, scholar and reformer.
Haddad, was born in Tunis to a family of shopkeepers and attended the Great Mosque of Zitounia from 1911 until his graduation in 1920. He became a notary; he left this career to become a member of the Al-Destour, a political party. He left the party when unsatisfied with the leadership.[1]
Haddad was a feminist. In the 1930 book Our Women in the Shari 'a and Society he advocated for expanded rights for women and said that the interpretations of Islam at the time inhibited women.[2]
Haddad was never exiled at the moment that the French colonial government sent his friend and co-founder of the CGTT labor union into exile. For a short period oTahar Haddad (Arabic: الطاهر الحداد; 1899-7 December 1935) was a Tunisian author, scholar and reformer.
Haddad, was born in Tunis to a family of shopkeepers and attended the Great Mosque of Zitounia from 1911 until his graduation in 1920. He became a notary; he left this career to become a member of the Al-Destour, a political party. He left the party when unsatisfied with the leadership.[1]
Haddad was a feminist. In the 1930 book Our Women in the Shari 'a and Society he advocated for expanded rights for women and said that the interpretations of Islam at the time inhibited women.[2]
Haddad was never exiled at the moment that the French colonial government sent his friend and co-founder of the CGTT labor union into exile. For a short period of time, he became the leader of the trade union movement. Haddad died of tuberculosis.[1]...more
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