Religions were established to create spiritual path between the devotee and the God. But it never happened in the presence of the creatures called as 'humans' and this when the religions become degenerative in accommodating the free will of women. Rather appreciating it as a source of peace and serenity of mind and heart, religion became a purposive device to impose guidelines on every person. And guess what who becomes the victim? Yes, women. There are religions which are mysogynistic and doesn't consider women at par with their counterparts, but it was the responsibility of the followers and the so-called leaders of the religion to widen the scope of religion to accommodate the equality and rights of women and conclusively the unmoving stipulations of religion became the noose for women. I don't condemn religion. I don't condemn spirituality. I don't condemn any source which provides the potion of peace to mind. And, if this peace is emanating from the religion there could be no better thing than that. But what i condemn is the churning of religion to create patriarchal society. I condemn the narrow vision of any religion which restricts women from a dignified and self-chosen way of life.
At this note, i firmly ask this question that can any religion accommodate the ideas of feminism. The interpretation of religion is always done in an extremist manner and people are encouraged to believe that extremism. And, we, who on the name of religion blindly accept fair-unfair aspect of any religion. Under the garb of religion we refuse to see that line which sharply divides a man from a woman, which tells women at every note that you are a lesser being. When the extremist version of the religion injects from the minds of the people into society it gives birth to patriarchal societal norms. And, now when this medicine is completely running into the nerves of the society it becomes hardened amalgamation of superstitions, myths and parochialism of religion which turns blind eyes to the wishes of women. Can this immovable and unaccomodative nature of religion accept feminism?
Feminism seeks challenge these entrenched inequalities which derives from none other than our beloved religions. We don't accept any view which stands in front of religion, then how can any religion give space to feminism which outrightly says 'give us our rights, give us equality'.
I am not an atheist, i believe in God, i believe in spirituality but i declare challenge to all those sources which doesn't give women her rights and seeks to denigrate her choices and values. I am a feminist and i urge the followers of religion to expand their interpretations of the religion for the equality of humans which eventually is the sole purpose of any religion.
