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 a…
Zahiri is one of the Islamic law schools. It's held by Imam Abud Daud, from which the name of the school is taken. It's called Zahiri because of its unique methodology to derive Islamic law from its sources. The school understands the text of both al Qur'an and al Hadis literally. Its followers believe that the both al Qur'an and al Hadis, as the main sources, provide everything, and nothing is…