Islamic Feminism and the Da’wah of Islamic Boarding School Women on Social Media

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the digital da'wah practices of women in Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia by highlighting how religious authority and narratives of Islamic feminism are constructed through social media. The approach is media analysis from an Islamic feminist perspective, focusing on Ning Uswah Syauqi as a representative of the new generation of female Islamic boarding school preachers. The results show that women's digital da'wah not only changes the form of religious communication but also restructures the epistemic structure of Islamic authority. Through empathetic, reflective, and participatory communication strategies, female preachers can harmoniously integrate the values of Islamic boarding school piety with the idea of gender equality. The Islamic feminism articulated is contextual, not confrontational, thus building a collaborative and inclusive da'wah discourse. Social media functions as an emancipatory and epistemic space for women to produce religious knowledge and expand access to gender-just interpretations of Islam. Thus, women's digital da'wah in Islamic boarding schools represents a humanist, egalitarian, and socially just face of Islam in the technological era.