Abstract

Discourse on gerder equality in Islam has so far been a hermeneutical debate. This is because there are at least two methods of interpretation: the first is interpretation as recollectionof meaning and the second is interpretation as exercise of suspicion. Unfortunately, these two methods have always been brought into conflict with each other. As a result, this situationhinders the possibility of arriving at a model of interpretation thatis elegant but still compatible with the spirit of Al Quran. In fact,what be done is to adopt the positive aspects of each method. Inthis way, it will be possible to generate a model of interpretation that is democratic and contextual, so that religion truly becomes asystem of faith and worship which has great respect for various gender issues.