Misunderstandings between faith and feminism: rights that can be reconciled by Dania Suleman

Are feminism and religion mutually exclusive, even irreconcilable? Must we absolutely experience divisions over these fundamental issues? At a time of tensions in the West and the rise in discrimination based on religious symbols, everything suggests that they are. Dania Suleman thinks the opposite. With this brief and brilliant essay, written with a view to popularization, she jumps into the arena with the avowed aim of initiating a reconciliation.

The coexistence of religious freedom and gender equality is a sensitive issue that is not without its pitfalls. Dania Suleman knows how to avoid them to take us elsewhere. Where it is possible to recognize the patriarchal dimension of religions throughout history, but at the same time, the role they play in the social integration of the immigrant population. Possible to note that Canadian courts know how to distinguish between things to protect women, without hierarchizing these constitutional rights. Possible to explore the work of postcolonial feminist theologians who revisit sacred texts. A salutary reflection drawing on sociology, law and feminism, which revalues ​​the autonomy and freedom of women while offering an embodied point of view on religious identity. And above all, which can contribute to healing social fractures.