scholarly journals Islam, Modernity and the Concept of Progress (Islam, Pemodenan dan Konsep Kemajuan)

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-230
Author(s):  
Nor Farhain Zaharani ◽  
Elmira Akhmetova
Keyword(s):  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Muslim World ◽  
Intellectual Freedom ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
Abbasid Caliphate ◽  
Islam And Modernity ◽  
Islamic Civilization ◽  
Muslim Spain

This paper aims to review definitions and scope of modernity and analyze it in the context of a specific religion, Islam. The paper then highlights the harmony between progress and Islam based on the historical examples from the glorious eras of Islamic civilization in Andalusia and the Abbasid caliphate, in which modernity and religion were complementary in producing the novel innovations of that time. Knowledge creation and technological advancements were strongly pursued during that time by numerous renowned Muslim scholars, intellectuals and philosophers. This paper then examines the current situation in the Muslim world. The majority of Muslim nations are backward, impoverished and stagnant due to rigidity and restrictions in political and intellectual freedom, in addition to gender inequality and discrimination. As the paper finds, these unprecedented qualities are not a part of Islamic teachings, but the consequential effect of post colonialism and the politicization of religion by certain squatters using Islam for political interests and purposes.  Keywords: Modernity, Islam, Islamic Civilization and innovations, Muslim Spain, Abbasid Caliphate, Modernity today, Islam and modernity.                                                                                                                  Abstrak Penulisan ini bertujuan untuk mengulas definisi, dan skop kemodenan seta menganalisa hubungan antara modernisasi dengan agama iaitu, Islam. Terbukti pemodenan boleh wujud dengan keharmonian antara kemajuan dan Islam itu sendiri dengan mengaplikasikan contoh sejarah daripada zaman kegemilangan tamadun Islam seperti di Andalusia dan Abbasiyah dimana pemodenan dan agama saling berkait rapat antara satu sama lain untuk menghasilkan inovasi yang terbaik pada waktu itu. Penciptaan ilmu pengetahuan dan kemajuan teknologi tercetus dengan kelahiran ulama, ahli intelek dan ahli falsafah Muslim. Selain itu, bahagian berikut bagi penulisan ini mengkaji situasi masa kini di dunia Islam dimana majoriti negara Islam dikatakan mundur, dibelenggu kemiskinan dan berfikiran jumud disebabkan ketegasan dan pembatasan didalam kebebasan berpolitik dan intelek, kesaksamaan jantina dan diskriminasi. Penulisan ini menemui, sifat sifat negatif tersebut tercetus bukan berdasarkan daripada ajaran Islam, tetapi kesan daripada pasca penjajahan dan pempolitikan berlandaskan agama daripada puak tertentu yang menggunakan Islam atas tujuan kepentingan politik. Kata Kunci: Pemodenan, Islam, Tamadun Islam dan inovasi, Muslim Sepanyol, Khalifah Abbasiyah, Kemodenan hari ini, Islam dan pemodenan.

scholarly journals “The Handmaid’s Tale”: a legal-literary essay

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-147
Author(s):  
Clarice Beatriz da Costa Söhngen ◽  
Danielle Massulo Bordignon
Keyword(s):  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Margaret Atwood ◽  
The United States ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Second Wave Feminism ◽  
History Of ◽  
Fictional Space ◽  
Second Wave

This paper proposes an analysis of the legal aspects present in the narrative of “The Handmaid´s Tale”, a novel by Margaret Atwood. First published in 1985, and heavily influenced by second-wave feminism, “The Handmaid´s Tale” addresses, mainly, the matter of gender inequality, once it creates a reality in which fertile women are compelled to reproduce through a servitude system. Through a rupture with the Cartesian dichotomy whose dualist notion separates objectivity from subjectivity, reason from emotion, this paper exposes that this oppression is not a literary creation by Atwood, but a reproduction of the power relations put forward in the history of humankind. In this regard, it is explored how Literature can aid the Law in facing the questions that come up in the resolution of legal and social problems. Besides gender inequality, it is possible to spot in the novel several violations concerning the principle of human dignity. Therefore, this research analyzes the legal provisions taken in the fictional space of Gilead, as well as in the country that preceded it, the United States of America, as well as in Brazil. In addition, it studies the symbolic violence to which women are submitted in Gilead and how it relates to the experiences lived by contemporary Brazilian women.

scholarly journals Legal Protection of Female Journalists over Gender Inequality during the Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-136
Author(s):  
Vena Lidya Khairunnisa ◽  
Mochammad Ilham Nurrobby
Keyword(s):  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
Female Journalists ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Research Type

The purpose of this study was to find out the legal problems experienced by female journalists over gender inequality during the Covid-19 pandemic and to find out the legal protections to overcome these problems. The type of research used is a normative legal research type with an invitation approach and a historical approach. The findings in this paper are, during the Covid-19 pandemic, gender inequality towards female journalists has increased. It is still very rare for people to raise issues related to gender inequality experienced by female journalists. Examples of problems with a gender perspective in the media are the lack of involvement for women in journalism activities, marginalization and subordination positions for women in various fields, legitimacy regarding gender bias, dominating economic and political interests, regulations on media that are not sensitive to gender and between conventional journalism and gender. equality. The government in Indonesia officially adheres to the principle of equality as regulated in Article 27 of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia which states that all Indonesian citizens are equal before the law. Therefore, journalists must be able to enjoy gender and legal protection for the gender inequality they experience. It is necessary to reconstruct the law, considering that women have the same position as men in terms of their position, rights and obligations so that they have equal opportunities in various fields.

scholarly journals Representasi Relasi Jender dalam Pemakaian Diksi pada Novel “Perempuan Berkalung Sorban” Karya Abidah El Khalieki

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Suyanto Suyanto ◽  
Mujid F Amin
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Gender Bias ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Material Object ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Data Display ◽  
Gender Relation ◽  
Women And Gender ◽  
And Gender

This study aims to explain the use of diction which reflects gender relation in four aspects namely leniency, authority, mobility, and attitude. The material object of this research is Abidah El-Khalieki's novel Women to Wear headdress. Data collection using the method refer and note technique. Data analysis was used data reduction, data display, data verification, interpretation and theoretical meanings, and result conclusions. In the aspect of leniency shows the existence of allowances or the opportunity of women to indicate its existence in public spaces. Gender inequality is demonstrated by diction that States that in the wedding were not involved to define himself. Diction in the form of metaphor is dominated by metaphor symbolic stating that the woman just jewelry for her husband. Diction in attitude more widely used to describe the nature of stereotypes of women and gender bias. In general the diction in the novel more gender-equitable tend to PBS. Usage of diction are generally gender bias for comparison that finally found the gender-sensitive nature of the resolution. As for the use in the novel PBS dominated by symbolic figurative.

scholarly journals Iraq Wars from the other Side: Transmodern Reconciliation in Sinan Antoon’s The Corpse Washer

Societies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
José Yebra
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
The Other ◽  
Muslim World ◽  
The Novel ◽  
American Film ◽  
Iraq Wars ◽  
American Film Industry ◽  
Do So

In the last years, more and more literary accounts of recent and current wars in the Middle East have been published. In most cases, they are authored from a Western viewpoint and provide a narrow account of the Muslim world. This article focuses on Sinan Antoon’s The Corpse Washer because it opens the scope. That is, it constitutes an alternative to the imagery of the American film industry. Moreover, as Antoon is a Christian, his account of contemporary Iraq is particularly peripheral and hybrid. To analyse the novel, this article makes use of Transmodernity, a concept coined by Rosa María Rodríguez Magda in 1989. Yet, instead of Magda’s Transmodernity as a neatly Euro-centric phenomenon of worldwide connectivity, Ziauddin Sardar’s version of the concept is preferred. Sardar’s Transmodernity adds to connectivity a message of reconciliation between progress and tradition, particularly in the context of non-Western cultures. This paper defends that Antoon’s novel opens the debate on Islam to challenge the prejudiced Western discourses that have ‘legitimized’ war. To do so, Sardar’s ‘borders’ and Judith Butler’s grievability are particularly useful. In a Transmodern context, novels like Antoon’s show that humans should never be bare lives.

scholarly journals World Conference on Islamic Thought and Civilization

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 159-162
Author(s):  
Muhammed Haron
Keyword(s):  
Good Governance ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Muslim World ◽  
Keynote Speaker ◽  
World Conference ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Vice Chancellor ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
Equitable Treatment ◽  
Islamic Civilization

Kolej Universiti Islam Sultan Azlan Shah (KUISAS) organized and hostedthe Second World Conference on Islamic Thought and Civilization (WCIT)during August 18-19, 2014, at Casuarina Hotel, Ipoh, Malaysia. Under theleadership of chairperson Wan Sabri bin Wan Yusof (associate professor), theorganizers chose Ibn Khaldun’s notion of the rise and fall of civilization asthe general theme and asked potential presenters to explore the contemporarystate of Muslim affairs. The over 200 selected presenters, ranging from thesocial sciences to the applied sciences, were slotted into various parallel panels.After welcoming and introducing the sponsors and various presenters,Nordin Kardi (vice-chancellor and rector, KUISAS) spoke on the Arab Springand other problems that continue to afflict the Muslim world: a low to mediumlevel of socioeconomic human development, an absence of good governance,intra-Muslim conflict, and an attitude of the “Muslim world and the rest.” Hesuggested that Muslims begin building strategic bridges to deal with them.The first keynote speaker, Sultan Nazrin M. Shah (pro-chancellor, Universityof Malaya), echoed some of Kardi’s points and reflected critically uponthe Organization of Islamic Cooperation member states’ general poor performancein producing scientific publications as a typical example of the deplorablestate of knowledge production among Muslims as a whole. Headvocated participation, transparency, equitable treatment, good governance,and sound education to remedy this generally negative condition.The second keynote speaker, Serif Ali Tekalan (vice-chancellor, Fatih University,Turkey) spoke on “The Role of Waqf in Islamic Civilization: Turkey’sExperience in Waqf for Education.” A great deal of evidence shows thatTurkey has used “endowment policies” to transform its socio-educational andreligious landscape. Both Muslim-majority and minority communities shouldbe able to benefit from its experience. The final keynote speaker, Zamry AbdulKadir (chief minister), who closed the conference, remarked that Muslimsshould return to the Qur’an and Sunnah to rebuild Islamic civilization. He optimisticallystated: “[I]ronic as it may seem, despite the multitude of conflicts… are we actually looking at the … resurgence of Islam?” He observed thatthe conference’s main result was “a call to re-examine the essence of Islamic ...

scholarly journals Violence Against Women in Sanaa Shalan’s Falling in the Sun

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Saif AL Deen Lutfi Ali AL Ghammaz ◽  
Ruzy Suliza Hashim ◽  
Amrah Binti Abdulmajid
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Detrimental Effect ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The Sun ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
Literary Genres ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Forms Of Violence

Violence against women is a heinous act committed against a woman, a wife, a mother, a sister, or even a daughter deliberately or not deliberately causing her psychological, emotional, and physical harm. The rise of this unhealthy phenomenon mainly in less-developed countries such as Jordan necessitates more academic attention not only because of its detrimental effect on the Jordanian women’s lives, but also because it is intentionally ignored and dismissed as taboo. With that, there has been a growing interest among Jordanian writers and sociologists in exploring the extent of this social ill through creative literary genres such as novels. This paper for one primarily examines the manifestations of violence against women in the Jordanian context through a textual analysis of Falling in the Sun by Sanaa Shalan, an author hailing from the contemporary Jordanian generation. Originally written in Arabic, this well-known novel gives prominence to the severe reality of the distress habitually suffered by many Jordanian women, notably the various forms of violence that they have to tolerate living in a multicultural male-controlled nation. With a feminist reading of Falling in the Sun (2014), we shall examine Shalan’s representations of violence against women in the novel as a dire social illness resulting from mistaken social beliefs, absence of laws, and misunderstanding of religion and gender inequality in the Jordanian society. Additionally, the current paper’s outline is constructed on three main forms of violence against women, i.e. physical, psychological and economic abuse as depicted in Falling in the Sun through the novel’s female characters, primarily the main protagonists.

scholarly journals Urgensi Perlindungan Hukum Terhadap Jurnalis Perempuan Berspektif Kesetaraan Gender

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
Dwi Pusparini ◽  
Gede Made Swardhana
Keyword(s):  
Gender Bias ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
Female Journalists ◽  
Writing Research ◽  
And Gender

The purpose of writing/research to answers to legal problems experienced by female journalists in a gender perspective and to know strategy of legal protection for female journalists in the future. This type of research is normative legal research. The type of approach used is the statutory and conceptual approach. The results of this study showed that the problem of gender in media is more or less related to the position of marginalization and subordination for women in various fields, among others, the lack of involvement for women in journalism activities, legitimacy regarding gender bias, economic and political interests that dominate, regulation in media that is insensitive about gender and the gap between conventional and gender sensitive journalism. Prevention of protracted gender inequality concerning women, especially against female journalists, it is necessary to have a legal reconstruction considering that women are citizens in the development of women's resources certainly have the same position as men in terms of their position, their rights and obligations so as to get equal opportunities in various fields. Tujuan penulisan/penelitian adalah mengetahui jawaban mengenai permasalahan hukum yang dialami oleh jurnalis perempuan dalam perspektif gender dan mengetahui strategi perlindungan hukum terhadap jurnalis perempuan dimasa yang akan datang. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian hukum normatif. Jenis pendekatan yang digunakan yaitu pendekatan perundang-undangan dan konseptual. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah studi kepustakaan. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa Permasalahan berspektif gender pada media menyangkut pada posisi marginalisasi dan subordinasi bagi perempuan diberbagai bidang antara lain, sedikitnya keterlibatan bagi perempuan pada aktivitas jurnalisme, legitimasi mengenai bias gender, kepentingan ekonomi dan politik yang mendominasi, regulasi pada media yang tidak sensitive mengenai gender serta kesenjangan antara jurnalisme konvenssional serta sensitive gender. Pencegahan ketimpangan gender yang berlarut-larut mengenai perempuan khususnya terhadap jurnalis perempuan maka perlu adanya rekonstruksi hukum mengingat perempuan merupakan warga negara dalam pembangunan sumber daya perempuan tentu mempunyai kedudukan sama terhadap laki-laki dalam hal kedudukannya, hak-haknya serta kewajiban-kewajibannya sehingga memperoleh kesempatan yang sama dalam berbagai bidang.

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