Religious Right in Woman: Misinterpretation and Culture Discrimination with Feminist Approach in the Novel I Am Malala

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to uncover women discrimination by men which happened in I Am Malala. Pakistani woman has distinctive rights in religion and culture, where woman got the lower right. This paper utilizes an anthropological and feminist perspective using Koentjaraningrat’s cultural theory 2002. The result of this paper is that there is a difference in treatment of man and woman especially in the religious and cultural system. It is widely acknowledged that woman has been subject to cultural discrimination, and denial of their fundamental religious rights throughout the world. Muslim woman, in particular, has been subject to the tensions between Modernism and misinterpretation of woman’s right in Islam, and some Islamic scholars have begun to recognize the emergence of a distinct branch of feminism, known as Islamic feminism. Activists have sought to advance the cause of woman within the framework of Islam. One prominent advocate of this cause is the Nobel Peace Prize-winner Malala Yousafzai. This paper seeks to identify the religious right and cultural discrimination faced by woman in Pakistan, particularly when a girl child is born. Gender cultural discrimination continues to exist in Pakistan society, and many women are the victims of gender religious right misinterpretation and cultural discrimination, particularly in rural areas, where it has a significant effect on their treatment. Woman is still being discriminated against, which has a direct impact on their empowerment. Inequalities play a significant role in Pakistan society.