POLIGAMI ATAS NAMA AGAMA: Studi Kasus Kiai Madura
Abstract
Having more than one wife for Madurese Kyai is not unusual. In fact, parents would feel proud and happy when their daughters are proposed to be one of the Kyai’s wifes. This discussion exclude the fact of socio economic factors and the low level of knowledge and education among Madurese girls. In this context, some Kyais that served as role models and religious leaders, have taken the benefit through the theological proposition that polygamy is the sunnah of the Prophet and Islam. It is urgent then to reconstruct the paradigms of some kyais and Madurese community. Applying a contemporary socio humanities approach and Feminist Islamic analysis, the article constitutes that polygamy is the result of unfair religious interpretations of gender. In this regard, polygamy is a crime in the form of marriage since polygamy is only for the man’s libido and sexual modus. In other word, polygamy violates women and children’s human rights.
Moraref