SOC 885 Chapter : Article - Islam, Women and Equality
Document Summary
Islam, women, and equality: reading the qur"an for liberation (talk) Muslims don"t always practice what the qur"an teaches, it can be read more than one way. Doesn"t believe there is a fixed relationship between gender and reading. Aim of her book is to recover the scriptural basis of sexual equality in islam and provide evidence of why islam is not a patriarchy. Does the qur"an permit and encourage liberation of women. Grew up in pakistan, 98 % of population is muslim but most violate what qur"an teaches. She did not know arabic, read qur"an in english. Argued that the sexism and misogyny that are associated with islam arose from non-qur"an sources. After 9/11 muslims were seen as the anti-christ and anti-semites. Does the text represent god as father/ male or does god have a special relationship with males. Does it privilege men over women in their biological capabilities or treat men as the self (normative) and women as the other.