Gender Equality Flashcards
Quran
FOR gender equality
“Believing men and believing women” sura 33
“Creation from a single soul” sura 4
“And according to usage, women too have rights over men similar to the rights of men over women.” Sura 2
Sharia
FOR gender equality
If a man divorces a woman, he must wait 3 months incase she is pregnant
Sharia allowed women marriage rights jahilliyah did not
Fatima
Outspoken
Memorised thousands of Hadith
Taught men
Khadija
First convert
Support to Muhammad
Umm Ammara
Battle of uhud - shielded Muhammad
FOR
Edward lane
Women forbidden to pray alongside men encourages them to be seen as distractions
Objectified= unequal
FOR
Wadud
The Quran see men as women as spiritual equals
Feminism
Barlas
Islamic feminism is the discourse of gender equality and social justice. It seems justice for all human beings”
Feminism
Sheik Muhammad
“I know of no religion in which women were so central”
FOR
Hassan
There is no theological assumption of men’s superiority over women
Reform
A wife must now register consent for her husband to marry another
Men
Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze - sura 24
Encouraging respect of women’s bodies ??
Progressive
Wadud
Acknowledge the influence of context in Qur’anic exegesis in order to propose an interpretation relevant to today’s historical, social and cultural context
Sharia
Family law
AGAINST gender equality
Sister shares half her brothers inheritance
Woman’s testimony worth half of a mans
Women who divorce their husbands lose half their dowries
Quran
AGAINST gender equality
“Men are the managers of the affairs of women” Quran 4
“And those who you feel may be rebellious, beat them “ sura 4