Jakarta ● Wed, February 1, 2023
It's not uncommon in Indonesia for people to be against feminism. In fact, there is a whole movement against it as evidenced by the hashtags #IndonesiaTanpaFeminis (Indonesia without feminists) and #UninstallFeminism, which started to emerge in 2019. I also found a photo uploaded on InstaStory showing dozens of women wearing headscarves clenching their right fists accompanied by a photo caption: “Women who want their generation not to be poisoned by feminism.”
Looking at this, you could hardly be blamed if you got the impression that Islam is against feminism. Is that really the case?
Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) is said to be the largest Muslim social organization in Indonesia, in fact, in the world. As of 2019, it had 91.2 million members. So, you can imagine what the head of the NU Central Executive Board (PBNU) says, holds a lot of sway.
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