Gender Equality Perspective and Women Position in Islam

摘要

This article aims to investigate and explain the principles of equality with a gender perspective and women position in Islam. The results showed that: women and men in Islam have an equal position, as a servant of God who is created through the same reproduction method. Islam introduces the concept of gender equality, referring to the verses of the Qur'an which at the same time become a general goal of sharia to realize the justice and virtue (Surah An-Nahl: 90), gender equality perspective in Islam has been established in the Sharia to benefit human in the world and in the hereafter both individually and in congregation. Thus, if there is an interpretation that is not in line with the principles of justice, then the interpretation must be reviewed both textually and contextually. In the Islamic view, women position is equal to men, as humans who have two capacities, namely as servants ('abid) and as a representative of God or as a leader on earth without distinguishing gender, ethnicity and skin color. This issue continues to be fought for by Muslim feminists.