Il a connu une avancée fulgurante au milieu des années 1990, et est devenu depuis lors un phénomène mondial. Keywords: Islamic feminism, gender equality, gender equity, ijtihad, social justice, gender asymmetries, science of hadeeth Le féminisme islamique a vu le jour aux alentours des années 1920. At the core of the differences that exist between Muslim scholars and Islamic feminists are the methodologies they use to investigate the sacred texts. This study reveals that although there are commonalities between Islamic feminism and Islam itself, oftentimes Islamic feminism is fighting against practices that emanate directly from the Quran and the Sunnah, such as polygamy, hijab, the Islamic inheritance laws, the concept of male guardianship, etc. The purpose of this research is to investigate the status of women in Islam according to the Quran and the Sunnah to see whether Islamic feminism’s claims are founded. While conservatives claim that gender asymmetries are divinely ordained, Islamic feminists hold the contrary and are working for complete equality between men and women. Islamic Feminism has emerged around the 1920s as a concept and developed rapidly as a global phenomenon in the mid‐1990s.
