Kadına Yoksul Bakışlar: Profanın Dar Dünyasından İslâm'ın Geniş Evrenine

Abstract

The concept of women, from the Industrial Revolution and throughout the period of modernization has been the focus point of debates for a long time. Currently, women are used as a means to discuss problems from extremity to political representation; from domestic roles to public life. There are several suggestions for the empancipation of women in various schools of thought. All the while, there is ‘positioning’ and ‘talk’ in regards to women in the views of feminism, liberalism, socialism and postmodernism. The problems of women have not decreased, but on the contrary have been on an increase. Some have looked at women as a sexual item and some have denied their entity. Undoubtedly, it is possible to find references of religion, ideology, intellectual thought and tradition in the wrong approaches towards women. We content that different unsound approaches towards women come from “mental poverty”; and the mental barriers within minds prevent for a sound approach to come about. In further to this, we argue Islam has been perceived incorrectly with these obstructions in society. We can see that the unsalient approaches towards women are attempted to be verified with Islamic sources. In this paper, we will discuss the poor approaches towards women as a problem in different ideologies and the incorrect understanding of religion. We will use the notion of “mental poverty” in our discussions. Within the worldview of Islam, women and men are both common as they are human. Islam has prevented men and women from mental poverty. We will attempt to construct a healthy view of Islam in light of religious doctrine and vast historical experiences.