FEMINISME DAN ISLAM

Abstract

This article would like to elucidate the history and the difference betwen the movement  of feminism in west and Islam and the status of woman in Islam. According to western perspective feminism is a history of struggles for women’s rights and freedoms  and emphasizes that religion is one of the chief enemies of its progress. Unfortunately, many of the goals of western feminism are not necessarily relevant across cultural boundaries. On other hand, Islam gives a special rights, freedoms and place to women. So, what is the concept of the feminism is still viable adopted in the Islamic world ? Keywords : Feminism, Islam, west, movement, rights, freedoms Copyright © 2013 by Kafa`ah All right reserved DOI:  10.15548/jk.v3i2.38