Sümeyye Erdoğan while giving lecture on “the perception of Muslim women around the world and the fight for the equality,” said that the topic of inheritance distribution in Islam was among the most discussed in terms of equality.
The daughter of Turkish president explained that “Women receiving a lower share of inheritance than men is normal, considering men’s responsibilities according to Islam.
She further said that “They ask why daughters are given lower shares from a will while sons receive more. But when we look closely, we see that men are assigned the responsibility for bringing the bread home, while women are not. So naturally giving higher inheritance shares to men is normal, fair and righteous,”.
She also highlighted the fact from history that Western countries was “worse when it came to the suppression of women.”
Erdoğan also supported the idea of “gender justice,” which she said emphasized notions such as “balance and fairness.” This, she said, contrasted to “gender equality” which comes from Western culture and envisions a “prototype world of women and men.”