Hanifiya: Jurnal Studi Agama-Agama
Vol. 9 No. 2 (2026): Hanifiya: Jurnal Studi Agama-Agama

The Qur'an and Gender Hermeneutics: A Comparative Study of Indonesian Transformational Muslim Feminist Approaches to Gender Verses

Bannan Naelin Najihah (IAI Persis, Bandung)
Jajang A. Rohmana (UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung)
Eni Zulaiha (UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung)



Article Info

Publish Date
18 Aug 2026

Abstract

This study examines and compares five gender-interpretation models developed by Indonesian Muslim feminist thinkers: Qirāʾah Mubādalah (Faqihuddin Abdul Qadir), Maʿrūf (Badriyah Fayumi), True Justice of Women (Nur Rofiah), contextual interpretation (Husein Muhammad), and Qur’anic Gender Writing (Nur Arfiyah Febriani). Focusing on their characteristics, convergences, differences, and contextual origins, the research analyzes how these approaches construct gender justice within Indonesia’s social reality. Grounded in theological feminism and Gadamer’s hermeneutics, it employs a qualitative-comparative method through literature study, in-depth interviews, and textual analysis of primary works and secondary sources on hermeneutics, Islamic feminism, and Qur’anic interpretation. The findings show that Indonesian transformational Muslim feminist hermeneutics is contextual, critically engages patriarchal biases in classical exegesis, and epistemologically prioritizes justice and women’s liberation. While all five thinkers share a commitment to gender justice as a divine value, they differ in hermeneutic strategies, academic orientations, social experiences, and institutional positions. The study concludes that these approaches constitute a distinct, contextual, and transformative school of Qur’anic interpretation aimed at gender justice in Indonesia.

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Abbrev

hanifiya

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Subject

Religion

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The journal aims to explore religious studies and cross-culture, especially in Indonesia. This journal can relate to Religion and Gender, Religion and Radicalism, Religion and Economic, Religion and Social Conflict, Religion and Tourism, Indigenous Religion, World Religion, etc, and using Religious ...