Gender equality simply means equality between the two sexes, i.e., between male and female, or men and women. The role of man and woman is equally important in the formation and development of human civilisation. But are men and women really equal in all respects of human life? What is the attitude of Islam towards gender equality? Well, from a material as well as spiritual point of view, Islam recognizes the position of women to be the same as that of men. But after acknowledging a perfectly equal status as human beings for both male and female, and treating them as equals, entitled to equal rights, Islam does, however, differentiate between the two sexes with regard to their special functions in life, a step that has given rise to a great hue and cry by some women organistions supported by certain writers, reformers and young men. To explain the issue elaborately is the main theme of this article.