The Islamic Feminism of Zainab Al-Ghazali – Part II
Submitted by admin on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 8:07amAhmad Fuad Rahmat | Research Fellow, Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF)
There was, for one, a strong sufistic and spiritual element to her feminism. This sufistic element is particularly unique to the Egyptian context in that it was hagio-centric, based on the teachings or example of a usually male mystical leader. In the case of Zainab Al-Ghazali, the leader who she had turned to most for inspiration was Hasan Al-Banna founder of the Muslim Brotherhood [al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun]. She had even said once that “I have sworn an oath of fealty to Hasan al-Banna that I shall die in God’s path…” [1]