The Role of Women in The Family

The role of women in the family is depending on the function of women within the family itself. Women can serve as a child, mother, daughter, in-law, brother, sister and wife, as already mentioned above was.
Women as a child in the family, usually will begin to study its role as an expectant mother and wife when he saw how his mother perform their function as mothers and wives.

Qasim Amin

Qasim Amin was the first prominent Muslim feminist who was born in Terah, Alexandria (Egypt), December 1865. Qasim to complete higher education in a relatively short time. Among the admired teacher at Al-Azhar is Muhammad Abduh. The pattern of critical thinking much it earned from his favorite teacher. Because of his intelligence, Qasim Amin then have the opportunity to continue study to the Faculty of Law University of Montpellier in Paris France. Returning to the Egypt, Qasim Amin's work in House of Representatives and in an institution law. He settled in Cairo until his death 22 April 1908. Among his works many women who inspire the spirit to rise up is Tahrir al-mar'ah (1900) and al-mar'ah al-Jadidah (1911). Two of the works is then much gives inspiration to the Muslim feminists to fight for freedom for women after up to now (Qutub, 1993; Harahap in Sukri, 2002: 194 -195).  
Qasim Amin was one of the first Muslim feminists raises the idea of ​​emancipation of Muslim women through their works. Qasim Amin led to the idea based on the backwardness of Muslims according to one of them caused by a wrong perception and treatment of women (Nasution, 1991: 79).

Asghar Ali Engineer

Asghar Ali Engineer was born in Rajasthan (near Udaipur, India) in 1939. He earned a doctorate in civil engineering from Vikram University (Ujjain, India). The knowledge gained from his father's religion is Shiite. He is a activist nongovernmental organization (NGO) that has a big concern on the themes of liberation in the Koran. He once wrote an article entitled "Toward a Liberation Theology in Islam" which is then translated intoIndonesia "Islam and liberation" (London: LSIK, 1993). As for his book related to the problem of women is The Rights of Women in Islam that has been translated into Indonesian under the title Women's Rights in 14Islam (1994). There are many others who voiced his justice and liberation (Nuryanto, 2001: 7-13).

Kartini, Longing on Dark Light in the Midst

-salim fillah; author of the book 'Agar Bidadari Cemburu Padamu'-

Searching the various studies on related Kartini do with spirituality and Islam, then at least we will find the four points of view;
FIRST: That the Kartini is a pure Java, which was oriented on the spiritual side of what is referred to as Javanese. "As a Javanese who lives in the neighborhood mysticism", writes Artawijaya in his article for VOA-ilsam.com, "Kartini picture about the human relationship with God is also the same: subjects manunggaling gusti. Therefore, in her letters, Kartini wrote of God as "Father." In addition, Kartini also call God by the term "Truth", "Kindness", "Conscience", and "Light", as reflected in his letters the following: