Islam Ensures Women's Rights

Islam Ensures Women's Rights

Ordinary gender relations are defined as relations between men and women in various roles in society (Umar and Amany 2002: 1). Therefore, putting women at their proper place, seems to be the same as unraveling the centuries-old history of humanity. The one sued is not only the social system of men, but also the women themselves.

In addition, existing social realities often make religious postulates the basis for rejecting gender justice. The tafsir books are used as references to legalize patriarchal patterns that give men privileges and tend to discredit women. Men are considered the main sex and female as the second sex.

Such an understanding of religion settles in the female subconscious and lasts so long that it gives rise to the impression that women are not worthy of parallel to men and form a unequal work ethos between the two types of servants of God.

According to gender study expert Nasaruddin Umar (1999: 1-42), gender issues of gender justice tend to eliminate the issue of origin. During this time, he said, we are highlighting issues that are actually effects (effects), not on the substance of the problem that causes the outcome to be born. He further asserted that this gender phenomenon indicates that the understanding of religion (theology) is the main cause (prima causa) in giving birth to various gender-biased perceptions.

In Islam there are some controversial issues relating to gender relations, such as the origin of women's creation, the concept of inheritance, testimony, polygamy, reproductive rights, divorce rights, and the public role of women. Indeed, a cursory reading of texts related to the matter suggests an imbalance of women.