HOW TO ATTAIN A CONSIDERABLE INVOLVEMENT OF WOMEN IN THE ISLAMIC COMMUNITY

Abstract

The author attempts to find an answer to the question of why the Islamic Community does not have defined strategies for bringing about a larger degree of participation of women in the Community and for utilising their potentials in a way in which the Community would benefit. It is essential that the Islamic Community defines a strategy for making the best use of those potentials and competences of the female part of the Community. A Muslim woman of our Community aspires to act; she needs to be a part of the jamat, but not as a passive and silent observer of the events but as an active participant and contributor in those events. Defining a strategy for involving women in the activities of the Islamic Community represents an essential step in the way of realising a new atmosphere and a new spirit in the pores of the Community that has for years been considered essentially a male Community. In this light the author proposes the first steps that are to be taken towards defining such a strategy.