Saleh Hasanzadeh
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Feminist thought considers the whole truth of the human being to be limited to its body. Thus, by observing the physical differences between the two genders, it divides human beings into two different and even opposite groups: the man with superior physical strength, the principle of humanity; and the ...
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Feminist thought considers the whole truth of the human being to be limited to its body. Thus, by observing the physical differences between the two genders, it divides human beings into two different and even opposite groups: the man with superior physical strength, the principle of humanity; and the woman with physical weakness, a submissive and obedient of man. In this type of anthropology, the demand for equal rights seems justified if and only if any difference between the genders is rejected. While the Islamic worldview basically considers the truth of humans' existence to be its soul, neither its body nor the sum of its body and soul; Moreover, since the soul is free from any flaws of being male and female, there is no difference in the humanity of individuals. Gender grandiosity in feminist culture and the deprivations that women have suffered as a result have led them to deny gender. This paper aims to show that feminist teachings in the field of women and family are not compatible with the teachings of Islam, but this inconsistency does not prevent a comparative and objective study between two perspectives without value-laden judgment. Also, this paper, through library research and content analysis, analyzes some issues of the family institution with a focus on women from the perspective of Islam and feminism. The novelty of this paper, in addition to comparing the two perspectives, is to learn from the declining family in Western culture and to avoid the adaptation of destructive Western cultural elements and extremist feminism.
Mojtaba Atarzadeh
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Throughout history, women have always been ignored, and their independent identities have been subject to damages worse than the physical abuse by the social systems governing different societies. Although there have been some attempts to improve the status of women, there has been no significant change ...
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Throughout history, women have always been ignored, and their independent identities have been subject to damages worse than the physical abuse by the social systems governing different societies. Although there have been some attempts to improve the status of women, there has been no significant change in this regard and their inferior status has continued as there has seldom been any attempt focusing on reviving woman’s dignity. During the movement of monotheism, the leaders have paid more attention to the restoration of the personality and independence of people, with the aim of breaking with the deviated and sorrowful status of this world and going toward God. Moreover, feeling secure, in terms of existence, away from being female or male, is being pursued so as to make way for presence which is a prominent feature of human in everyday social activities. Among numerous acts against misogyny, the act of the Prophet (pbuh) in his time against misogynous social contracts was a giant stride forward. Furthermore, if women had wanted to disobey those contracts, they would have faced much anxiety and depression so that they would have lost their motivation in taking part in social activities. Therefore, the prophet (pbuh) was able to pave the way for respecting women in its best way by kissing his daughter’s hand, respecting his wife, accepting economic independence of the women, etc. This proved that not only should not woman be looked down, but also they should be looked up so as they will be able to take part in social activities more confidently.
Hussein Khandaghabadi
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Amina Wadud is a new Muslim who attempts to have an approach based on the reinterpretation of the Quran according to the hermeneutic method derived from the ideas of Fazlur Rahman which he calls it “monotheistic hermeneutics’’. The most important features of this method are attention ...
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Amina Wadud is a new Muslim who attempts to have an approach based on the reinterpretation of the Quran according to the hermeneutic method derived from the ideas of Fazlur Rahman which he calls it “monotheistic hermeneutics’’. The most important features of this method are attention to the text reader's mind, language capabilities of language revelation and attention to the historical context of the rise of text. Wadud applies this method especially for Verse about the woman. One of the most important verses in this regard is the verse 34 of Surah Nisa. Wadud tries to do hermeneutic approach of Fazl al-rahman for instance about this verse and achieve an interpretation which is more empathetic with women in comparison to the traditional interpretation. Of course, she also goes a step further in the latest revisions of her thought and he is revised in his interpretation of this verse.
