The most important religions in the world, such as Christianity, Judaism, Islam or Hinduism, perhaps the most well-known, have treated women very badly. In one way or another, they have considered the role of wives as an immovable structure, and have forced them to depend on man.
For these beliefs, the main function and objective of women is motherhood, based on children who will be educated according to the norms of patriarchal societies, so that the patriarchal family is maintained. In addition, Catholicism believes that it would be better if she managed to become a mother being a virgin. The Virgin is the most praised woman in this church.
In view of all this, the feminists refounded in the 1960s and 1970s, on the margins of the church, the mosque or the synagogues, began to explore new ways until then unchangeable, inventing, building and creating new identities of women. However, in the first decade of the 21st century a large group known as Islamic feminism has emerged. Regular feminists have given different responses to this group, some have been scandalized, others have responded by denying this type of movement.
As students, to whom we learned the history of Spain, taking Muslims as aggressors, they made us learn all the wars of the reconquest of eight hundred years, without realizing the underlying reasons.
In recent years, the media have taught us that Islam is a malign religion for all, especially for women, as if all the others had been liberating. Islam and women are two opposite days.
Muslim countries are plural, they are in very different situations and processes, we have little information about them, but they don't live in one people, they don't think the same thing.
I've approached this feminist movement with a lot of respect to get away from the suspicious Islamophobia created by the Western nation. Who are we to deny the faith that these wives want to live?
This feminist group held its first meeting in Barcelona in 2005. They do not accept the way the Koran is, according to them, the interpretation that is now in force has only been made by men. They're doing a new hermeneutic of the Koran. They utterly condemn all religious fundamentalism. They have to put aside that each one’s faith and beliefs are not inevitable, that women’s freedom can also be defended within Islam.
This movement claims the equality of all Muslims, does not accept gender inequality, bets on social justice in both private and public life. There are many women who make up this movement. In 2008, she published the book Islamdar feminismoa, where we can see that most of them are women with studies that work as teachers in various universities.
We can mention, among others, Amina Wadud. Born in the United States, Virginia Commonwealth is an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia Commonwealth, with a totally open view of philosophical and religious study. Many of his research works are about Islam and gender. Ulema and Imam, who have been in favor of weddings between homosexuals and are in favor of many other progressive positions, have led to the reprobation of many officers.
Feminism was born to be a liberating, open, broad and plural movement. We are no one to reject them.
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