Gender Equality Perspective and Women Position in Islam

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10.2991/assehr.k.200306.212How to use a DOI?

Keywords

equality, gender, Islam

Abstract

This article aims to investigate and explain the principles of equality with a gender perspective and women position in Islam. The results showed that: women and men in Islam have an equal position, as a servant of God who is created through the same reproduction method. Islam introduces the concept of gender equality, referring to the verses of the Qur’an which at the same time become a general goal of sharia to realize the justice and virtue (Surah An-Nahl: 90), gender equality perspective in Islam has been established in the Sharia to benefit human in the world and in the hereafter both individually and in congregation. Thus, if there is an interpretation that is not in line with the principles of justice, then the interpretation must be reviewed both textually and contextually. In the Islamic view, women position is equal to men, as humans who have two capacities, namely as servants (‘abid) and as a representative of God or as a leader on earth without distinguishing gender, ethnicity and skin color. This issue continues to be fought for by Muslim feminists.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - T. Saiful
AU  - Yaswirman
AU  - Yuslim
AU  - Azmi Fendri
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/13
TI  - Gender Equality Perspective and Women Position in Islam
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Law, Governance and Islamic Society (ICOLGIS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 197
EP  - 200
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200306.212
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200306.212
ID  - Saiful2020
ER  -