Abstract
Feminism defines itself in geo-political and socio-cultural context with an emphasis on gender equality. With similar slogans of equality feminists from east investigated religious paradigms who later known as Islamic feminists. They aimed to equate women at social, political and legal level by providing evidences from Qur’an and Sunnah. Islam is a universal religion that embodies social welfare by offering a systematized system wherein each individual has defined role. These identified roles are interpreted in terms of gender discrimination by male orthodoxy. The current study aims to highlight the role of Muslim women prescribed in Qur’an and Sunnah by exemplifying unbiased attitude of Islam towards gender. The research aims to highlight the status of women in Pakistan and Islamic perspective by highlighting the contemporary social and legislative developments. The present study is a qualitative approach based on secondary sources towards the study of feminism and Islamic feminism. The information is collected from books, journals, religious scripts and other related sources. The study will be significant to trace what impact Islamization means in Pakistan with reference to gender inequality in society of Pakistan. The paper will finally conclude that the woman of the Islamic community has full rights to exercise her social, political and legal rights but due to the patriarchal construction of Pakistani society she is restricted to her domestic fence.
Keyword(s)
Feminism, Islamic Feminism, Socio-Political Equality, Rights of Woman