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Hi Shalina,
One can always go back to periods in history where women were treated as second class citizens, or indeed in a few instances where they actually ruled over men. There’s always been a flux in power between races, colours, genders and creeds.
But these days, thanks to enlightening practices and education, we don’t have to subscribe to these views. So why is Islam still stuck in the past? It’s sad that you’re still having to ask that question, of how to build a model of inter-gender dialogue?
As you might be able to tell, I’m a feminist. And even with all the excuses, that Islamic religious texts aren’t being interpreted correctly, where are the men in all this? Why aren’t they standing up for their own sisters and mothers? Because they’ve always held the status quo. Boys are brainwashed to think they’re better, girls are made submissive and made to feel inferior, and even the mothers continue the rhetoric! Sad but true – I think an inter-gender dialogue within ‘modern Islam’ seems a distant reality.
I hope at least that you might be able to change that, bit by bit, by becoming an active female participant in society. But please don’t forget that it is a secular, democratic country which is allowing you the freedom to do so.