Lien Iffah Naf’atu Fina, Yuyun Sri Wahyuni
This chapter aims to discuss the locus of religion in the struggle for gender justice through the lives of three prominent Indonesian Muslim women feminists and authors: Siti Musdah Mulia (b. 1958), Lies Marcoes (b. 1958), and Nur Rofiah (b. 1971), and through an analysis of how they rethink religious understanding in their most recent books. It contends that religion is at the center of their thought formation and activism, which signifies the convergence of Islam and feminism. It also argues that inspired by the feminist approach and contextual reading of the Qur’ān, these figures place women’s experiences and lived realities at the center of the construction and application of Islamic religious understanding. © 2023 selection and editorial matter, Feroza Jussawalla and Doaa Omran; individual chapters, the contributors.
Islamic University Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Islamic Studies, University of Chicago Divinity School, United States; Faculty of Social Science, Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia; Global Gender Studies, State University of New York, Buffalo, United States
