Why do muslims treat their women like crap and make them hide their beauty?

Question

Are they worried a non-muslim will find them attractive and therefore take them from the muslim once they realize how good life is with a non-muslim?

Answer 1

I really feel sorry for the women that have fallen for this wind of doctrine.

What kind of crazy reasoning is this? Why don't they just put a bag over their heads?

God created Women and this was a "Good" thing for Him to do!

He didn't create them as victims to be subject to muslim mens sinfulness!

Normal men have the capacity to control themselves when they see a woman and conduct themselves in a respect-full manner.

One of my good friends is a Muslim and when his wife's sisters come over to visit from the middle east, they can't wait to walk around in freedom like the rest of us.

They wear shorts and sandals and have big smiles on their faces.


When I see this kind of "Legalistic Religiosity" my heart just breaks.

Look at this;

http://www.faithfreedom.org/Gallery/19.htm

http://www.faithfreedom.org/Gallery/beatingwomen.jpg

http://www.faithfreedom.org/Articles/Hikmat10201.htm

Answer 2

I as a Muslim woman do not feel that I am being treated like crap (as you say). I wear my hijab because it was instructed my Allah not man. The hijab is to take the gaze from my beauty and place it on my brain. I have lived in the United States all my life and was once married to an America non-Muslim man who would beat and cheat on me. Yes that was the good life.

I am loved and respected by my 2nd husband now who is a Muslim. I have full rights for education employment and as any Muslim knows I keep my money and he still gives me more.

As you can see from my profile I have two BA's in Psychology and History and working on a PhD in History. Which my abusive first Christian husband told me I could never do, and actually tried to have it court ordered when I was divorcing him for me to stop going to school.

Answer 3

I'm not Muslim, but I do know that the covering isn't to hide beauty in the way you think it is. Muslim women should cover themselves so that their husband, and ONLY their husband, can enjoy their beauty. For anyone to see another man's wife and admire her beauty is close to adultery, and that isn't something to mess with.
Interestingly, this is also the Bible's view, although most Christians don't 'believe' in modesty these days. Some Christian women cover their heads for this same reason (to keep strange men from admiring their hair, and also to show that they are under submission to their husbands.) Most do not cover their faces, however, and unless I'm mistaken, mainstream Muslims do not either. I currently cover only for prayer, but when I have my husband's blessing, I will cover all the time.

Answer 4

The Hijab is not a sign of oppression for women. It also does not symbolize weakness. The Hijab represents our faith. It represents our strength. We don't conform to what society wants us to do. Imagine the number of stares Muslim women get and they still wear it. Muslim women are aware of the negative connotation surrounding the Hijab but they understand the meaning behind it and still wear it. It takes a strong women to do that. Also, the Hijab puts Muslim women on a pedastal. The Quran tells Men to lower their gaze. It allows Men to focus on our faith, our personality, and who we are rather than our beauty or lack thereof. It prevents us from sexual desires with people we do not know. Personally I think it is degrading for women to walk around half-naked and men to look at them like their just objects with no soul. In Islam, it is like women are precius gems that should not be touched. I am a Muslim woman and I thank Allah that I am. Thank You for listening.

Beauty, our physical appearance, is nothing. It's our soul, our beauty INSIDE that matters.

Answer 5

I don't think it's fair to say that all muslims treat "their" (sexist much?) women like crap. I know some muslim women who follow dress codes and they don't feel like they are being treated like crap. A couple of them actually find it liberating.

Answer 6

I often wondered if it's not a sign of oppression, why do they make the woman wear the dark, black colors in hot weather?
The men are allowed to wear white which is cooler, but the woman have to wear all that dark fabric which attracts heat. God help them if they're going through menopause.

Answer 7

Lyla,
But doesn't this part of the Quran bother you?
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Did you know - Quran (4:34) orders a man to beat his wife if she doesn't obey him?
Quran 4:34: Men are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded; and (as to) those on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in their sleeping places and beat them; then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great.
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It seems your Muslim husband now has Quranic permission to beat you as well. If that happens, because it does happen within Islam, will you leave your faith? Then if you leave your faith, don't you open yourself up to more punishment?

Answer 8

for the same reasons that the Bible & Torah ask women to cover up & allow only their husbands to enjoy their beuty

bye the way .. the fact that Cristians don't obey their Bible doesn't make muslims the one to blame

& oh one more thing I am prodly treated as a Queen & I CHOSE to obay God bye covering my beauty

Answer 9

oi.

Muslims do not treat them like crap or make them hide their beauty.

certain political regimes treat them like crap.

they are not Forced to hide their face, they feel protected by it, and in a way, it's almost the same as western women covering their boobies. I don't want just anyone to see them.

to see their beauty is a privilege

Answer 10

i am sorry from a society that has the highest divorce rate, i wouldn't take good advice from you.

God has created men and women and he is well aware of their creation. women have duties and responsibilities and so is the men. however Men have more responsibilities than women. such as joining an army.

Answer 11

Sister "Curious", you're answer was the best, but unfortunatily you wont be chosen for the best answer cuz people that ask such a quetion have no manners and are sick.

I will report him for attacking Islam without knowledge.

May Allah bless you sister "Curious"..