![]() ![]() ![]() (I use the concept of episteme loosely to refer to the Qur ʾān’s foundational claims about the nature of God, human beings, and the universe, which provide the moral/ethical framework for its overall teachings.) Using an interpretive methodology, or hermeneutics, 4 derived from the Qur ʾān, as well as two definitions of patriarchy (as a tradition of father-rule and as a politics of gender inequality based in theories of sexual differentiation), 5 I hope to show not only that the Qur ʾān’s episteme is inherently antipatriarchal but that it also allows us to theorize the radical equality of the sexes. ![]() What is less obvious-given the widespread tendency to blame Islam for oppressing Muslims rather than blaming Muslims for misreading Islam 3-is the possibility that we can answer the first set of questions (Is the Qur ʾān a patriarchal or misogynistic text?) in the negative while at the same time answering the second (Can the Qur ʾān be a source for women’s liberation?) in the affirmative. ![]() It is obvious that much is at stake for Muslims in how we answer these questions, especially in view of the increasing levels of violence against women in many states from Afghanistan to Algeria. ![]()
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