Book review: The Feminist movement and the muslim women by Maryam Jameelah

The non-colonial gaze to the question of feminism and tradition.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Maryam Jameelah's "The Feminist Movement and the Muslim Women" gives a short yet thought-provoking overview of the consequences of feminism in the thoughts of people. In a mere 23 pages, the author adeptly introduces the topic of feminism - its underlying motives as well as its deception - and juxtaposes this with the concept of women's rights within Islam.

Jameelah seamlessly debunks the core beliefs of the feminist camp by presenting numerous interesting points and perspectives to force readers to reconsider what the movement truly stands for. In concise and precise language, she illuminates the negative consequences of our embracing feminist principles both ideologically and psychologically and the pernicious effects they have had on traditional values and social bonds.

The book is bold to the fact that it doesn’t hesitate to delve into the influence that the western civilization wields across the globe. She ventures into pointing out the controversial ideas that the civilization endorses, including lesbianism. The idea of including this has made the narrative encompassing and underscores the broader implications of the ideas being discussed

Her writing is straightforward although somewhat concise her description is on point and does not compromise the tone of the analysis of the controversial ideas and topics. Her writing is well organized and covers a broad range of issues, presenting the western civilization destruction that feminist ideas have caused to the modern world in all angles. The subject book is a vital resource for any discussion on feminism in an environment where everything about feminism evokes a heated debate. It made me think about the Western feminist movement critically.

Maryam Jameelah's book forces readers to think about critically the Western feminist movement and how it has affected social conventions. This concise but thorough work deserves a strong four-star rating for its profound content and straightforwardness in explanation.