Critique of Mohammad Shahroor's anthropological approach to gender justice

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD Student, Responsible Author of University of Religions and Denominations

2 Graduated from the level of four seminaries

Abstract

Gender justice is one of the most fundamental legal concepts. It has always been the focus of debate and the root of the conflict between feminist tendencies on the one hand and with Islamic thinkers on the other. Indicators of gender justice do not only refer to equality or discrimination between man and woman in their social, economic, etc. identity, rather, it is the result of male-female sharing in human identity and their differences in natural sex. The structure and attitude of Mohammad Shahroor, a Syrian Muslim intellectual, towards gender justice has been formed in the context of his thinking about human beings and anthropological foundations. In this regard, he has listed theoretical indicators for gender justice; so that the analysis and evaluation of Shahrour's view on gender justice requires the analysis of these principles. He considers the system of woman's rights in Islam to be fair compared to the pre-Islamic era, but by limiting this legal system to the special situation of women in the Arabian Peninsula, he denies its effectiveness at present and gave a new explanation of the woman's legal system in Islam. Using a descriptive-analytical method, this article expresses the theoretical indicators of gender justice from the perspective of Shahroor. After explaining the concept of justice, the creation of man and woman as the first basis, the contribution of man and woman in the possession of virtues as the second basis, and the criterion of difference between man and woman as the third basis are discussed. In the following, after analyzing the connection between anthropological principles and practical criteria, this view is evaluated.

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