A Reflection on the gender polytheist in the women's readings of the Quran

By focusing on Qur'anic verses, women-centered thoughts referring to gender concepts have aimed to prove gender equality among men and women. In this research, through the descriptive-analytical method, the origin of the idea of "Gender Polytheist" is examined in women's readings of the Quran. Proponents of this view argue that believing in the superior position of men violates the understanding of monotheism from God and the Qur'anic interpretations about 4:34 and 37:22, which reinforce ideas based on the superiority of men and promote the need for women to obey their husbands, are polytheists. However, Islamic review on the components of the gender polytheist idea suggests that the true acceptance of monotheism, a distinctive understanding of two terms "equality and justice" and belief in the coordination of gender needs and abilities, correct the concepts raised in gender polytheist idea. The considerable criticisms of this idea are the inconsistency of preliminaries and results, misleading illustrations of religious teachings, and the lack of comprehensive search of the related sources.