Islamic feminism voiced by Abidah El Khalieqy brings its own color compared to the voice of other Indonesian feminist writers known as Sastrawangi which refers to the concept of ecriture feminine. Second, the issues of feminism represented are: the lives of women in the pesantren tradition, the position of women in the family, the view of normal sexual relations and relationships, and the interpretation of the hadiths and verses of the Qur'an relating to women. Fatima Mernisi is known as a misogonic hadith critic, while Riffat Hassan uses the hermeneutic principle in the interpretation of the Quran. First, Islamic feminist figures who were referred to by the feminism movement were Fatima Mernisi and Riffat Hassan. The analysis was conducted using a descriptive qualitative method. The technique used to gather feminist voices in the three novels is close reading. The data sources of the research are three novels by Abidah El Khalieqy, namely Perempuan Berkalung Sorban, Geni Jora, and Mataraisa.
This research uses a feminist literary criticism approach. This study aims to describe the reference figures and issues of Islamic feminism that are represented in novels by Abidah El Khalieqy. Within the framework of locality and contextuality, the feminism movement echoed by female writers comes in diverse expressions. The Indonesian literary tradition during the reform period was marked by the rise of female writers who raised the issue of feminism.