REKONSTRUKSI KRITIK GENDER DALAM PERSPEKTIF NASARUDDIN UMAR

Ubaidillah, Rofiatul REKONSTRUKSI KRITIK GENDER DALAM PERSPEKTIF NASARUDDIN UMAR. In: REKONSTRUKSI KRITIK GENDER DALAM PERSPEKTIF NASARUDDIN UMAR.

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Abstract

Nasarudin Umar is an Indonesian Muslim scholar who has concerns on the issue of gender relations. He contributes many reflective thoughts, including the book entitled Argumentasi Kesetaraan Gender Perspektif al-Qur’an. This research is motivated by his intellectual anxiety toward Qur’anic texts that are often used as a tool of legitimacy and justification by patriarchalism. This notion has gender biased and misogynous thought in which puts women as the second actor in ritual and social contexts. On the other hand, Nasarudin assumes that gender inequality does not come from the character of religion itself but it refers to the understanding of religious thought that has been influenced by social construction. In addition, he argues that there is still ambiguity of the Qur’an interpretation on whether gender is a nature or a dynamic nurture (social construction). To understand the authenticity of Qur’anic perspectives, Nasarudin conducted a research on the Qur’an verses that discuss male and female relationships by applying thematic analysis (called Tafsir Maudlui) with various approaches such as semanticlinguistic, normative-theological and socio-historical. The result showed that the Qur’an does not expressly support the two gender paradigms of either nature or nurture. It only accommodates certain elements within the two theories that are in line with the universal principles of Islam. Generally, the Qur’an recognizes the distinction between men and women but the
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distinction does not benefit one party while marginalizes the other. The distinction is needed precisely to support the harmonious and balanced, safe, and peaceful life and full of virtue.

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