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Gender roles in Islam are based on scriptures, cultural traditions, and jurisprudence. The Quran , the holy book of Islam, indicates that both men and women are spiritually equal. The Quran states:
Islamic feminists are Muslims who interpret the Quran and Hadith in an egalitarian manner and advocate for women's rights and equality in the public and personal sphere. Islamic feminists critique patriarchal, sexist, and misogynistic understandings of Islam. [3] Islamic feminists understand the Qur'an as advocating gender equality. [4]
In traditional Islamic societies, love between men and women was widely celebrated, [291] and both the popular and classical literature of the Muslim world is replete with works on this theme. [292] Throughout Islamic history, intellectuals, theologians, and mystics have extensively discussed the nature and characteristics of romantic love ...
The cultural norms existing within a patriarchy have shaped the way that these societies approached the text and created a pervading narrative that dictated the way future generations were set up to interpret these stories and the role of women within the Quran. Throughout history, different Islamic scriptural interpreters and lawmakers ...
The economics of these early Muslim societies were not favourable to a comfortable life for women. More important, during Islam's second and third centuries the interpretation of the Qur'an was in the hands of deeply conservative scholars, whose decisions are not easy to challenge today." [37]
Patriarchy is a social system in which positions of authority are primarily held by men. The term patriarchy is used both in anthropology to describe a family or clan controlled by the father or eldest male or group of males, and in feminist theory to describe a broader social structure in which men as a group dominate society. [1] [2] [3]
Hermeneutics of feminism in Islam is a system of interpreting the sacred texts of that religion, the Quran and Sunnah. Hermeneutics [1] is the theory and methodology of interpretation, [2] [3] especially of sacred texts, [4] [5] and Islamic feminism has a long history upon which to draw.
human rights activist, Islamic scholar, theologian, proponent of Islamic gender equality and LGBTIQ, interfaith activist, one of founders and leaders of ICRP - Indonesian Conference on Religion and Peace [citation needed] Manal al-Sharif: Saudi Arabia 1979 women's rights activist [113] Samar Badawi: Saudi Arabia 1981 women's rights activist [114]