The present master's thesis addresses the problem of women's inequality in selected holy books. The aim of the thesis is to analyze the representations of women in selected texts from the Qur'an (Muslim holy book) and the Torah (Jewish holy book). In the analysis I will start from the feminist theory of religion and follow the indicators of subordination and marginalization of women, which feminist and other critical analyzes of religious texts most often highlight: segregation of women in sacred spaces, legitimization and regulation of traditional female roles, exclusion or. marginalization of women in the organizational hierarchy; attributing highly valued traits exclusively to men and a male-centered perspective where the man is not defined through his relationship with the woman and does not need the woman. The basic research question is whether selected religious texts or chapters that directly address women in the Qur'an and Torah treat women as subordinate to men, and do they insist on gender binarism? The feminist critiques I have relied on in substantiating the research question confirm and point to the existing discrimination against women, which is justified by referencing the Qur'an and the Torah. Both holy books place women in a subordinate position, deprive them of their rights and dignity, attribute highly valued qualities exclusively to men, and insist on gender binarism.
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