Islam and Gender Flashcards
What is the 1. aspect that shows the Qur’an to be misogynistic?
- Women named possessively- ‘wife of’, ‘sister of’
What are the hermeneutics of Tawhid?
An understanding of the Qur’an as a document for social justice.
What is the 1. point that shows the Qur’an to be not misogynistic?
- The Meccan sections don’t discriminate between men and women- all are Allah’s creation and need to worship him
What is the 2. point that shows the Qur’an to be not misogynistic?
- Mary receives wahy (insight) from Allah
What is the 3. point that shows the Qur’an to be not misogynistic?
- The character of the Queen of Sheba (Bilqis) has immense power and wisdom
What is the 4. point that shows the Qur’an to be not misogynistic?
- Allah calls all of creation ‘my people’, not specific between man and woman
What is the 2. aspect that shows the Qur’an to be misogynistic?
- Mary is the only named woman in the Qur’an
What is the 3. aspect that shows the Qur’an to be misogynistic?
- Verses about marriage, divorce and custody ‘unquestionably discriminate against women’
What is the 4. aspect that shows the Qur’an to be misogynistic?
- Women are seen as unclean
What is the 5. aspect that shows the Qur’an to be misogynistic?
- The Medinan period in particular is more misogynistic than the Meccan period due to its focus on social function.
Who claims that 6th century Arabia was misogynistic?
Wadud and Ahmed
What evidence is there that 6th Century Arabia was a patriarchy?
Infanticide of girls was widespread, to the point where the Qur’an expressively forbade it.
What was Watt’s thesis on gender?
That during the time of Muhammad the country was experiencing a transition from matrilineal to patriarchal, as new trading routes meant that individual wealth was more common than communal wealth, and a patriarchy solved problems of wealth succession. Judeo-Christian ideas about original sin were used to justify the transition.
What was Wadud’s thesis?
That the non-patriarchal Qur’an was interpreted by men with specific agendas.
What was Wadud’s example?
The Qur’an demands that both men and women should dress modestly. Due to the fact that women were already socially expected to veil, men’s duties were conveniently ignored and women’s were emphasised.
