Feminism and the Islam

Feminism

Feminism is a shared common goal of ideologies, social and political movements that define, establish and achieve equality of the sexes at social, political, economical and personal levels. 

Feminism- women's rights:

• Right to vote
• Right to hold public office
• Right to work
• Right to have equal wages and salary
• Right to own property
• Right to receive education
• To have equal marriage rights
• Right to maternal leave
• Right of Legal abortions
• Protection from domestic violence
• Protection from sexual harassment

Women rights in Islam:

• Right to live
•  forbade infanticide 
• Marriage rights 
• Meher and divorce
• Protection from domestic violence
• A companion asked the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) what is the right of a wife over her husband?’ He said, “That you feed her when you eat and clothe her when you clothe yourself and do not strike her face. Do not malign her and do not keep apart from her, except in the house.” (Hadith, Abu Dawood).
• Protection from sexual harassment
• Stoning to death for convicted rapist
• Right to work
• Right to independent ownership
• Right of equal wages
• Right to inheritance
• Right to vote- elections and nominations
• Right to hold a public office
• Right of maternity leave
• Right of Legal abortions
• Right of education

Comparison:

Islam has given the rights to women 1400 years ago which is now Feminism or demanding women rights. Islam provides all that rights which Feminism demands, but have a allegation with respect to Legal abortion. Explicit reference to abortion in the Qur'an is not found thus religious scholarship highlight the diversity of Islamic thought on this subject.Islam only allows abortion in case that life of mother is in life threatening danger because Islam also provides the right to the fetus to live. 

Feminism in Islam is so compatible that a term "Islamic feminism" has introduced which has a goal to establish women rights described and provided by Islam accordingly.