ABSTRACT
Introduction In this chapter I will look at the post-revolutionary ideological production and ethical aspects of Islamic knowledge. The primary focus of this chapter will be on the way in which Islamic tradition is mediated and perpetuated through: (a) the female preachers' Qur'anic commentary (tajsfr) and religious lessons (dars), and (b) women's lessons of performing prayers (masa'lehe zananeh). The leader of the Qur'anic meeting acts as a leader of prayer, a story-teller, and a reminder of one's rights and duties. I view these as discourses in which sets of metaphors from distinctive domains of life - e.g. ethical, political, theological, ritual, etc. - as interacting to produce and reproduce religious meaning. These aspects of women's religious rituals function thematically and symbolically as educational and ideological learning.
