Pandangan Santri Ma’had Aly tentang Pengarus-utamaan Gender di Pesantren Salafiyah Syafi’iyah Sukorejo, Situbondo, Jawa Timur
Abstract: Gender discourse
does present particular problems within Muslim societies mainly for three
reasons, (1) the strong presence of patriarchal culture within Muslim society
(2) the strong literal tendency in interpreting religious texts, and (3) the
strong sense of animosity toward the Western culture. There is a few however among
Muslims in Indonesia who are willing to negotiate with gender issues not as a
discourse but as a practical principles that should rather be applied in our
daily life. For this group of people patriarchal culture and literal
interpretation of religious texts are problematic. This group thinks that the
idea of gender equality is an inherent part of Islam and must therefore be
accepted. Among this few is the students of Ma’had Aly in the East Javanese
town of Situbondo. These students are concerned with implementation issues of
gender equality rather than with debating this problem as a discourse. This
paper explores the ideas of these students and relates them with the general
debate that takes place on the national level concerning the issue of gender
equality.
Keywords: gender discourse,
patriarchal culture, literal tendency, Western culture
Penulis: Mufidah Ch. Mufidah
Ch.
Kode Jurnal: jpperadabanislamdd090041
