What can we expect from this : Women calling for equal rights beaten, arrested in Tehran?

Question

Police dispersed the protesters who were calling for a ban on polygamy, equal child custody rights, and within marriage, freedom for women to work where they please and to travel freely. They also appealed that the testimony of women in court be accorded equal value.

Do you think they can get what they want within the context of Sharia law and Islamic rule and jurisprudence or, are they dreaming ?

Answer 1

I guess even the protesters have some idea that it would happen. But I really did not get your point.

Edited:

Really can not say. If the agitation continues and enough women take courage to keep on protesting may be Tehran will have to change some laws. If too many sisters , daughters take to street with these demands they can start to get support of male members of family. I guess those women who participated had some support , otherwise they would not have been able to come out at all.

Logic says that whatever Mohammad thought good, he saw things in the context of that time he was born in. After all according to him World should have ended in 1400 years since. As it has already outlived that period they should reconsider things.

On the other hand --

Power is something nobody who already has it really want to share that easily. Women have to fight for their rights in west too. And no matter how many rights a Hindu woman was given in ancient laws , men ignored those laws often enough. Half the women all over the world do get jobs only because they are ready to work for less salaries than men.

In Indian sub continent I guess Muslim women are better off than their middle eastern counterparts. They enjoy more rights. At least they have all kinds of Job opportunity. And I do not see many Muslim male telling his family member not to do it as sharia does not mention it or prohibits it. Some Muslims objected at the length of the skirt of tennis player Saniya Mirja. They were told to mind their own buissness by her father and many other Muslims.

But Indian Muslims do not want to change laws about marriage, divorce and inheritence either . Muslim personal law is applied in these cases here. None of them askes to be judged under sharia law in criminal cases though.

There are some demands by Muslim women and intellectuals asking for changes in Personal laws in India too. Especially the divorce. Muslim Ulemas does not seem interested though. not yet.

So it seems like a dream , at least for now.

Answer 2

What do you mean? I'm sad to hear that happens but, I don't expect a news story to do anything.