International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences 2017, Vol. 7, No. 12 ISSN: 2222-6990 1095 www.hrmars.com The Elements of Islamic Feminism in Non-Islamic Comparative Literature: A Case of Chopin and Megha’s Short Stories Mohd Nazri latiff Azmi & Law Su Hui Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin Harison @ Hanisa Mohd Sidek Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia DOI: 10.6007/IJARBSS/v7-i12/3741 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v7-i12/3741 Abstract A prevailing argument among many groups, including feminists, academics and the press, insists on gender inequalities in accordance with the precepts of Islam is a debatable issue. However, in discussing the issue based on a comparative literature whereby analyzing short stories based on non-Muslim authors is something new. Hence, the researchers embark on this study by analyzing two famous short stories written by outstanding authors, The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and Winners Never Quit by Megha Mukherjee. The qualitative approach in analyzing the short stories were used thought out the study by also referring to past studies and essential opinions by scholars. It is found that the elements Islamic Feminism can be complied in both short stories even though the short stories do not directly mentioned about Islam. Also, the issue of feminism is a global issue and should be discussed in universal manner regardless whatever religions and logistics. It is the issue of equality of human being. Keywords: Islamic Feminism, Comparative Literature, Kate Chopin, Megha Mukherjee Introduction This study of comparative literature discusses the Islamic feminism views from two short stories written by two prominent authors. The purpose of analyzing the short stories is to find the similarities and differences of the authors’’ idea from the view of Islam. In the “General Introduction” to his Comparative Literature: Matter and Method, A. Owen Aldridge (1969) thus begins his second paragraph: It is now generally agreed that comparative literature does not compare national literatures in the sense of setting one against another. Instead it provides a method of broadening one’s perspective in the approach to single works of literature – a way of looking beyond the narrow boundaries of national frontiers in order to discern trends and movements in various national cultures and to see the relation between literature and other spheres of human activity It is now generally agreed that comparative literature does not compare national literatures in the sense of setting one against another. Instead it pr ovides a method of broadening one’s perspective in the approach to single works of literature – a way of looking beyond the narrow