Talk:Hermeneutics of feminism in Islam

Content review 1 (Lead)

On side note, IMHO RS is kinda male bias in Wikipedian thought. Allegorically. That said let me review rest of the article for content in my point of view.

• Lead:

• Need a link or note explaining what or which are 'gender verses' usually talked about regarding women's rights in Islam.
• Hermeneutics of Feminism in Islam is a method of interpreting the Quran that refers to the idea of justice and gender equality. ... Hermeneutics of Feminism for the interpretation of the Quran is an alternative method for interpretation of the Quran, especially for interpreting gender verses. Initial part gets repeated just immediately in third sentence gives feeling of repetitiveness can those to be combined in some simple way.
• Can following statement presented in more simple way: "Islamic feminist intellectuals have proven it by interpreting the Quran based on feminists and producing feminist interpretations, namely interpretations that are gender-justice."

• I liked whole article but after "...The use of hermeneutics for the interpretation of the Quran is still debated. Some refused and others supported..." this statement it is only covering who are supporters. There are three sides of criticism to Islamic Feminism 1)Conservatives who don't agree or wish feminist reinterpretations happening 2) Feminists who don't believe four corners of religions are always going to be patriarchal and can not be maneuvered beyond a limit without challenging respective religions itself 3) There are leftists and atheists also who oppose to reliance on religion for getting human rights.

Encyclopedia editor has to cover criticism from all quarters and reply to criticism if available. And that criticism part seems to be missing from the article as of now.

• No major objection but don't know if following can be written a little differently for easier understanding: "...Hermeneutics of Feminism has a moral character by putting gender equality and justice as the main foundation of Islamic morality..."

• Can this be made a little more encyclopedic ? or is it possible to mention whose thought it is with a reference.

Thanks and best wishes

Bookku (talk) 13:38, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Content review 2 for History section

• "....when Islamic renewal movements emerged throughout the Muslim world..." Which renewal movement sentence refers to ? Conservative revival movements or modernist movements ? Needs clarification and if possible link with related Wikipedia article. (I suppose Wikipedia has articles for both revivalism and modernism )

• "...When the idea of gender equality and justice is brought into the Quranic interpretation, the patriarchal culture inherent in classical interpretation produces a gender-biased interpretation..." According to whom ? mentioning will improve neutrality of the article.

• All of the sentence is correct but needs ref to maintain encyclopedic values "..Islamic feminist intellectuals are suing gender biases in the interpretation of the Quran. They study the Quran and interpret Quranic verses from a feminist perspective. Criticism of gender bias in the view of classical interpretations gave birth to the Hermeneutic Feminism method for the interpretation of the Quran..."

Bookku (talk) 13:46, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Content request with Ref to Feminists mentioned in History section

@Fimeld: & @Calliopejen1:

Hello,

History section and the later section talk about two generations of Islamic feminists. I had created two stub drafts Draft:Expressions of Muslim and Ex-Muslim Women through media ineteractions and Draft:Autobiographies of Muslim and Ex-Muslim Women these two stub draft articles can include feminist's own interactions and autobiographies and also their reviews of other Muslim women's autobiographies and interactions and may be a good supplement to Islamic feminism articles. May be you can update and expand these two drafts or support in canvassing to recruit other promising editors who can update and expand on these encyclopedic themes.

Since you know the topics your inputs would be very valuable.

Thanks and warm regards

Bookku (talk) 16:16, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Content review 3 (2'nd section)

• While content in section 2 is over all fine, while reading section heading I was slightly uncomfortable, is it possible to redraft section heading "Hermeneutics Feminism in the minds of the figures" in some other way ?

• Awkward sentence: "..Wadud referred to contemporary Islamic thought, Fazlur Rahman, to dismantle the gender biases that colored the Quranic interpretation tradition so far.." may need minor redrafting

• 'He' = who? in following statement: "...He dissected certain verses and keywords in the Quran that limited the role of women both individually and socially..." He = Fazlur Rahman or Wadud ? needs clarity.

• Awkward : "..Monotheism paradigm is related to the main concept of Islam, namely monotheism.." sentence gives no additional info. What does it want to say ? needs clarity.

• Sentence needs additional but brief analogy of context / explanation or Quranic or Hadith reference :".. In the monotheism paradigm that distinguishes gender (sexism) can be considered idolatrous, because all humans are caliphs on earth..."

• Needs brief explanation for readers What is 'khalifah fil ardh.' ?: "..Departing from the belief that human males and females are both khalifah fil ardh.."

• Does reshuffling of 2 sentences needed ? :"..According to Musdah, polygamy denies women's humanity. The interpretation of the concept of nushuz is that the Quran commands only obey Allah and respect for husbands.." Whether instead "...The interpretation of the concept of nushuz is that the Quran commands only obey Allah and respect for husbands hence according to Musdah, polygamy denies women's humanity. .." will sound better and meaningful ?

• At many places article does not seem to make difference between his and her, it is for sake of gender parity or just grammatical mistakes. I doubt it is second possibility more which needs to be corrected if it is second possibility.

• Bullet pointed feminist wise info some of it may be repeating and may be mentioned earlier needs to be checked to avoid repetitions

• Jurisprudence : Article does not seem to be clear enough which Jurisprudence it is talking about, whether general jurisprudence or Islamic jurisprudence which again becomes conservative interpretation. Once this point is clear, accordingly internal link to jurisprudence related article can be given.

Thanks

Bookku (talk) 17:07, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Content review 4 Section chronology

IMHO. Section of 5 bullet points should be after history section for easy understanding of readers. Section of feminist thought should appear there after.

Rather than "Islamic feminist model of Hermeneutics" can section heading be ""Islamic feminist 'tools' of Hermeneutics". Word 'tools' is used in Naeem Jeenah's journal

Bookku (talk) 17:14, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

References

Article in relation with article Islamic feminism

Eventually a question might come up why this article should not merge with article Islamic feminism.

My take is while article Islamic feminism needs bit of purging bit of overhaul but still scope of Hermeneutics of feminism in Islam is more specialized of Islamic feminist theory. An introductory para of Hermeneutics of feminism in Islam be included in Islamic feminism for the rest Hermeneutics of feminism in Islam need to remain independent.

Bookku (talk) 17:22, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Difference between epistemology and Hermeneutics

For article editors it would be benefiting to know what is difference between epistemology and Hermeneutics. Google search for What is difference epistemology and hermeneutics? provides lot of information but "..Epistemology tries to get it right in order to close the discussion, but hermeneutics tries to keep the discussion going by changing the subject..." on http://www.sncwgs.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Epistemology-and-Hermeneutics.pdf this link is interesting one.

Bookku (talk) 03:13, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Content review 5 Words and synonyms

• to sue: Article uses verb 'to sue' in 3 places, I am not sure present uses matches standard English and may be revisited.