Asma barlas islamic feminism vs western

Believing women in Islam by Asma Barlas Chapter 6: The Family and Marriage Retrieving the Qur’a¯n’s Egalitari In this chapter, the writer clearly begins with summing-up the aim behind writing this chapter, which is as she defined : “My primary objective is to show that the family in Islam is not patriarchal” p:167.

In this chapter, the writer tries to show that the Quran or Islam is innocent from any attributed patriarchal concept or misunderstanding, but rather these misogynistic rules are men made and not God’s made.

Asma barlas islamic feminism vs western

At first, the writer shows the importance of the context and contextualizing the text . The writers for this matter emphasizes on the notion of contextualizing the verses of Quran in order to better understand the meaning and not deviate from it , as she illustrated in page :186” Contextualizing the Quran’s teachings, thus it is necessary for understanding their rationale.

It is also necessary in order to distinguish between th