Fatema Mernissi er kendt som den vigtigste repræsentant for den [[Islamisk filosofi|islamiske]] [[feminisme]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/10/world/middleeast/fatema-mernissi-a-founder-of-islamic-feminism-dies-at-75.html |title=Arkiveret kopi |access-date= 7. december 2019 |archive-date= 5. juli 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705083618/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/10/world/middleeast/fatema-mernissi-a-founder-of-islamic-feminism-dies-at-75.html |url-status=ok }}</ref><ref>https://www.resetdoc.org/story/fatema-mernissi-the-pride-of-islamic-feminism-in-modern-times/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207155556/https://www.resetdoc.org/story/fatema-mernissi-the-pride-of-islamic-feminism-in-modern-times/ |date= 7. december 2019 }}.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article4552 |title=Arkiveret kopi |access-date= 7. december 2019 |archive-date=14. oktober 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014045454/http://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article4552 |url-status=ok }}</ref>. Hun var først og fremmest interesseret i at forså kvinders rolle i [[Islam]], og hun argumenterede for ligestilling på baggrund af [[koranen]]. Således mente hun, at koranen gav grundlag for [[ligestilling]] mellem mænd og kvinder, men at denne tanke var gledet ud af den historiske islam, der var blevet kvindeundertrykkende.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/Public/fatima_mernissi.html |title=Arkiveret kopi |access-date= 7. december 2019 |archive-date=19. december 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219130121/http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/Public/fatima_mernissi.html |url-status=ok }}</ref>
Kunst Kultur