Zainab Al-Ghazali: Sejarah Kebangkitan Mujahidah Islam di Mesir

Abstract

Zainab al-Ghazali was one of the utmost female figure fighters in the contemporary Islamic history. She was the founder of Muslim Women Association (MWA) of ‘Jama’at al-Sayyidat al-Muslima’ and the driving force behind Muslimah Akhwat Association. The rallying call of her struggle was to spread Islamic knowledge towards Muslim women, instilling them of their rights and responsibilities, imparting a wave of change on them in line with the teaching of al-Quran and sunnah. This paper intends to discuss her dedication to fight and elevate the status of Muslim women in the field of education, social, politics, as well as economy in Egypt. This research employs qualitative method by analyzing data descriptively. The result showed that her enlightenment had greatly impacted a massive number of women in Egypt to rise up to defend and to fight for their rights. Her personality, bravery, and intellectual have succeeded in uplifting the hierarchy of women in the world of da’wah and Islamic politics and successfully warded off conventional prejudice towards women’s leadership in society. In a strict sense, her battle was truly exemplary and could be used as a point of reference for Muslim women in facing plight in a best manner.