Konsep Kesetaraan Gender Menurut Perspektif Islam dan Barat

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ID22319862
AuthorsKhalif Muammar A Harris (University of Technology Malaysia), Adibah Muhtar (Academy of Sciences Malaysia)
Year2019
Volume21
Issue2
Pages33-74
Publication date2019-12-30
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJurnal Akidah & Pemikiran Islam (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1511-8819 • E-ISSN: 2550-1755
PublisherUniv. of Malaya (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.22452/afkar.vol21no2.2
OpenAlexW3004701232
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited3

This article is an intellectual response to the feminists' contention that gender is a social construct, hence it can be changed and reconstructed accordingly. It argues that gender is God-given, which means that it is the natural dispositions and characters bestowed by God along with the physical appearances, which in Islamic tradition are called firah and sunnatullh. By advocating the idea that gender is man-made and not God-given, the feminists have opened the door of confusion, reconstruction and corruption of not only the meaning of gender but also other fundamental concepts in the social system, such as qiwmah or men leadership. Moreover, the feminists' idea of gender equality (muswh) indirectly dismissed the different natural disposition (firah) between men and women for a notion of equality which is assumed to be synonymous with justice. Nevertheless, the

Colonialism · Confusion · Economic Justice · Epistemology · Gender equality · Islam · Language change · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Theology · Gender and Women's Rights · Gender Studies · History · Islamic Finance and Communication · Islamic Studies and Radicalism · Law · Philosophy · Psychology

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