Women’s rights according to Sisters in Islam (SIS)’S understanding: an analysis from an Islamic perspective

Kamaruddin, Zuraidah and Tengku Muda, Tengku Fatimah Muliana and Mohd Yunus, Saidatolakma and Abdul Rahim, Adibah and Embong, Rahimah (2017) Women’s rights according to Sisters in Islam (SIS)’S understanding: an analysis from an Islamic perspective. In: Proceeding of International Conference of Empowering Islamic Civilization (ICIC 2017), 7th-8th October 2017, Terengganu, Malaysia.

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Abstract

Sister In Islam (SIS) is a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) that claimed among its objectives is to uphold Muslim women’s rights as they believe that there are certain Islamic Family laws which are implemented in the Shariah Court in Malaysia are discriminatory against women. Since SIS claims that the group was formed to understand the status of women in Islam in their aim to attain women’s rights as stipulated in Islam, the study will analyse SIS’s understanding on women’s right from an Islamic perspective. The study found that there are several misunderstandings by SIS related to women’s right as they do not apply the proper method in understanding the Qur’an. SIS has also to refer to Hadis in their discussions and their use of logic should be parallel with Islamic teachings. The findings of study will reveal the true understanding of Muslim women’s rights from an Islamic perspective to the society. Keywords: Sisters In Islam; women’s rights; Muslim thoughts; Islamic perspective

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Plenary Papers)
Additional Information:	5525/62313
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Sisters In Islam; women’s rights; Muslim thoughts; Islamic perspective
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman > HQ1101 Women. Feminism K Law > KBP Islamic Law > KBP1 Islamic law.Shariah.Fiqh
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of General Studies
Depositing User:	Asst Prof Zuraidah Kamaruddin
Date Deposited:	06 Mar 2018 15:26
Last Modified:	28 Jun 2018 16:29
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/62313

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