Islamic Studies and Quranic Research in the Contemporary World

Islamic Studies and Quranic Research in the Contemporary World

A comparative study of the views of Nawal Al-Saadawi and Zainab Al-Ghazali about the social status of women and their rights in Islam

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 PhD student in women's studies, women's rights in Islam, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
2 department of women family studies, Faculty of social sciences and economics, Alzahra university, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
One of the most basic categories of human life is the issue of women. To the extent that the issue of women is paid attention to, the society will enjoy health, dynamism, and excellence, and without attention and effort to the issues of this group, it is not possible to have a healthy, creative, active and dynamic generation. ; Because women are half of the body of the society and have a direct effect on the happiness and misery of the other half of this body, therefore dealing with the image of women can be seen in the works of many poets and writers, women as pure truth in their words, the manifestation of many myths. It has broad themes and meanings such as the beauty of love and the unfinished half of the human soul. Saadawi and al-Ghazali are among the authors whose attention to the issue of women and the depiction of women's faces in their works are very evident in contemporary literature. According to these two, the main reason for Arab women's captivity and subjugation is the patriarchal class system. Saadawi and al-Ghazali have created a new discussion among the circles by proposing the issue of women, that is, from the point of view of sex, which few people have addressed. By relating this issue to other aspects of life, they included a wide range of social in their theoretical frameworks. The points they have in common are: sexuality and the sexual dimension, women and biology, women and psychology, women and society, women and gender, and the points of difference in their thoughts, which include the following: women and freedom, women, religion and ethics. We will clarify.
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Volume 3, Issue 1 - Serial Number 5
August 2024
Pages 265-286

  • Receive Date 03 July 2023
  • Revise Date 13 October 2023
  • Accept Date 17 April 2024
  • First Publish Date 22 August 2024
  • Publish Date 22 August 2024