Feminism & Recalibrating Faith According to an Islamic Epistemic

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OP - October 30, 2016, 03:23 AM

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While the catastrophic events of 9/11/2001 have increased the general interest in Islam, in many ways they have been exceedingly traumatic for Muslims. Not only have countless numbers of lives been negatively affected by policies which collectively punish Muslims for the violent acts of individuals, many find it challenging to remain committed to Islam’s religious dictates in light of an incessant secular-liberal ideological onslaught.

This onslaught—or siege—is most challenging for many of the uneducated, especially since we live in a time when popularity yields authority. For this reason, many among the masses mistakenly believe that the truth and goodness of a person’s perspective can be easily determined by the number of their Facebook/Twitter followers or television appearances, an op-ed or NY Times best-seller, or whether or not they are given a platform at a media network or a major Muslim conference.

The ideological challenges of the time for Muslims originate from sectors that are atheistic, secular, liberal, Marxist, queer, nihilistic, and feministic in origin. Though the contentions of each group are disparate in ways—like different religious denominations, each entertains the presumption of possessing superior epistemological foundations for adjudicating sociopolitical and religio-cultural disputes. Despite the multiplicity of these perspectives, it is my aim in this post to focus merely on some of the difficulties posed by the feminist elements in the Muslim community.
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http://almadinainstitute.org/blog/feminism-recalibrating-faith-according-to-an-islamic-epistemic/

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Reply #1 - October 30, 2016, 03:34 AM

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He drops this bombshell in the midst of his article then moves away from it way too quickly...yet it is the entire driving force behind the feminism he decries:

"For some, especially some Muslim men, allegations that normative Islam reinforced notions of female natural inferiority may appear outrageous at first. One, however, must contend with blatantly male chauvinistic declarations like that of the 12th century Andalusian scholar Qadi Abu Bakr b. al-‘Arabi (d. 1147) who said, “And the superiority of men over women is no secret to any intelligent person even were it only for the fact that the woman was created from the man. So he is her origin.”8 Even more damaging is the statement of the 20th century Mauritanian exegete, Muhammad al-Amin al-Shinqiti (d. 1973) that “…masculinity is nobility and perfection, while femininity is a natural physiological imperfection.”9

Statements like these are rife in the exegetical literature, questioning the relative worth, social utility, and intelligence of women. That those views were ubiquitous prior to the rise of modern feminism and in many places still today corroborates this particular claim of feminists that men have reinforced female inferiority.
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^ I thought this was a great comment.

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Reply #2 - November 02, 2016, 01:02 AM

The writer was far more intellectually honest than 'Muslim feminists' and apologists. He gives the correct view which requires no interpretation or exegesis, just use the Quran and Sunnah and you have an ideology incompatible with feminism.

I'm surprised feminists don't start 'discovering' that verses like 4:34 aren't in the 'real' Quran.
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