Feminizm islamski. Niechciane dziecko islamu politycznego
Islamic feminism. The unwanted child of political Islam

Summary/Abstract: A goal of the paper is to present Islamic feminism as a political-intellectual phenomenon that has been developing in the international Muslim women community for a few decades. The author distinguishes Islamic feminism (that postulates gender quality and women’s empowerment on the basis of the religious principles of Islam) from earlier feminist tradition that she labels after Margot Badran as Muslim feminism. The paper discusses political and intellectual background of the emergence of Islamic feminism and shows its complex relationships with both political Islam and the Western feminist discourses. A key factor here is a heritage of European colonialism and anti-Muslim politics of the West. The author refers to the works of main representatives of Islamic feminism, such as Fatima Mernissi, Amina Wadud, Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Asma Barlas, and examines their attempts to arrive at non-patriarchal reinterpretations of the Muslim tradition, Quranic texts and the established interpretations of the Sharia law.

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