its a missperception amongst the westeren countires that islam is degrading the women in every way i wud like to know wat u ppl think of this ?
2006-10-12 23:59:23 · 9 answers · asked by adnan g 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
As long as a woman remains the property of her husband, father or brother, the world will never be free from slavery. This is Sharia law in Islam.
I Cr 13;8a, Love never fails!!!!!
10-13-6
2006-10-13 00:02:13 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I am a muslim and I tell you with confidence that muslim women have the least rights as compared to the non-muslim women. They are mistreated by muslim men in the name of religion. They are not even allowed to protest. Yet muslim clerics claim that no other religion has given more rights to women than islam did.
Therefore, it is not the misconception amongst the westeren countires that islam is degrading the women in every way, rather it is undenyable fact.
2006-10-13 07:45:55 · answer #2 · answered by jikg 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am a Muslim girl from the Middle East. I am not circumcised as are none of urban girls (custom and social heritage cause it to happen in some rural areas). I completed my education till college. I travelled alone and worked abroad for several years. Currently I work in an international reputable organisation and hold a senior position. Interestingly enough, my salary is more than both the salaries of my both brothers added together! I chose to be veiled 16 years ago and have never regreted it. I have the right to choose the person I want to marry, though I have not met him yet!! Lots of my friends are married to men they love and they are all the only wives (the first and last) in their husbands' lives. The life of the couples I know is built on mutual understanding, respect, trust and love. I pray at home but some times when I need more spirituality, I go to the mosque. I have several friends and we go out together to malls and cinemas. I am not interested in driving but lots of my friends do. I am pretty independent and take my own decisions and am responsible for my own actions. What else?
2006-10-13 07:18:39 · answer #3 · answered by daliaadel 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is the perception in the west that Islamic countries do not treat their women well. The life span of women in Afghanistan and Pakistan is very short compared to the rest of the world. Women are denied access to health care. In some countries, women are stoned for adultery, but not the man. Treatment of women in these countries is like treatment of women in the west some years ago. Western women are still fighting for equal rights. The ERA has not been ratified. Women still earn only 71 cents for every dollar men earn.
2006-10-13 07:05:28 · answer #4 · answered by robinallsup 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
a woman is not property in islam... you notice that people always spread these lies with no quotes or citations.
“The believers, men and women, are Awliya’ (helpers, supporters, friends, protectors) of one another”
[al-Tawbah 9:71]
"Whoever works righteousness - whether male or female - while he (or she) is a true believer (of Islamic Monotheism) verily, to him We will give a good life (in this world with respect, contentment and lawful provision), and We shall pay them certainly a reward in proportion to the best of what they used to do (i.e. Paradise in the Hereafter)" [al-Nahl 16:97]
“And they (women) have rights (over their husbands as regards living expenses) similar (to those of their husbands) over them (as regards obedience and respect) to what is reasonable”
[al-Baqarah 2:228]
Prophet Muhammad said, “Heaven lies at the feet of a mother
i converted to Islam two years ago. one of the things that attracted me was the high regard for women as wives mothers and even business women (like Khadija, the Prophets (saw) wife)
2006-10-13 07:23:10 · answer #5 · answered by Submission 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A Muslim woman is little more than a slave. I hear that she has to be available whenever her husband demands sexual favours. As well as this, he is entitled to have more than one wife. Wives are therefore little more than an item of property. It's even worse when they have to wear dresses which reach the ground and a mask to hide their face.
2006-10-13 07:13:42 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
oh really u think woman have any rights ?
in almost all the muslim countries woman dont have rite to vote, dont have rite to go alone to market, dont have rite to choose their own life partner and if they try their head wil be chooped.
even in pakistan there is law of hadood which enables men to rape them wiht out any fear.
2006-10-13 08:01:07 · answer #7 · answered by Eccentric 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe not in every way, and not everywhere, but you're deluding yourself if you think it doesn't happen. The women can be killed with impunity by their relatives. Enough said.
2006-10-13 07:03:16 · answer #8 · answered by ladybugewa 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
well it were muslim women who first STARTED GIVING Sermons, who gave a CALL FOR PRAYER --ADHAN & the 1st WOMEN to have the RIGHT TO HOLD PROPERTY and WITNESS.
QURAN
MEN AND WOMEN SHOULD PROTECT ONE ANOTHER
At-Taubah | 129 verses | Repentance سÙرة اÙتÙبة
Sura #9 | Madina
71 And the believers, men and women, are protecting friends one of another; they enjoin the right and forbid the wrong, and they establish worship and they pay the poor-due, and they obey Allah and His messenger. As for these, Allah will have mercy on them. Lo! Allah is Mighty, Wise.
72 Allah promiseth to the believers, men and women, Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide - blessed dwellings in Gardens of Eden. And - greater (far)! - acceptance from Allah. That is the supreme triumph.
Al-Baqara | 286 verses | The Cow سÙرة اÙبÙرة
Sura #2 | Madina
187. ...............They are raiment (garment) for you and ye are raiment (garment)for them.............
MUHAMMED-pbuh said
"when man marries, he completes half of his faith, the rest half of it is by serving Allah."
Muhammed-pbuh has said -- " the most perfect of the beleiver and the best of the character, the best of u are those among you who are best to their wives."
ISLAM SAYS RESPECT UR WIVES and DONT FORCE any one in marraige. and it says that if ur wife lacks in one virtue then dont turn ur face to her, but love her for her other virtues.
An-Nisa | 176 verses | The Women سÙرة اÙÙساء
Sura #4 | Madina
19 O ye who believe! It is not lawful for you forcibly to inherit the women (of your deceased kinsmen), nor (that) ye should put constraint upon them that ye may take away a part of that which ye have given them, unless they be guilty of flagrant lewdness. But consort with them in kindness, for if ye hate them it may happen that ye hate a thing wherein Allah hath placed much good.
ISLAM CONDEMNS WOMEN AS OBJECT OF LUST
but islam condemns swinging affairs and extra marital affairs.
An-Nisa | 176 verses | The Women سÙرة اÙÙساء
Sura #4 | Madina
20 And if ye wish to exchange one wife for another and ye have given unto one of them a sum of money (however great), take nothing from it. Would ye take it by the way of calumny and open wrong?
21 How can ye take it (back) after one of you hath gone in unto the other, and they have taken a strong pledge from you?
WOMEN AND MEN ARE EQUAL
An-Nisa | 176 verses | The Women سÙرة اÙÙساء
Sura #4 | Madina
1 O mankind! Be careful of your duty to your Lord Who created you from a single soul and from it created its mate and from them twain hath spread abroad a multitude of men and women. Be careful of your duty toward Allah in Whom ye claim (your rights) of one another, and toward the wombs (that bare you). Lo! Allah hath been a watcher over you.
Aal-e-Imran | 200 verses | The family of Imran سÙرة آ٠عÙ
راÙ
Sura #3 | Madina
195 And their Lord hath heard them (and He saith): Lo! I suffer not the work of any worker, male or female, to be lost. Ye proceed one from another.
WOMEN ARE HELP MATES OF MEN IN ISLAM
Ar-Room | 60 verses | The Romans سÙرة اÙرÙÙ
Sura #30 | Makkah
21 And of His signs is this: He created for you helpmates (women/wives) from yourselves that ye might find rest in them, and He ordained between you love and mercy. Lo! herein indeed are portents for folk who reflect.
ISLAM AND WOMEN'S RIGHT TO PROPERTY
An-Nisa | 176 verses | The Women سÙرة اÙÙساء
Sura #4 | Madina
7 Unto the men (of a family) belongeth a share of that which parents and near kindred leave, and unto the women a share of that which parents and near kindred leave, whether it be little or much - a legal share.
32 And covet not the thing in which Allah hath made some of you excel others. Unto men a fortune from that which they have earned, and unto women a fortune from that which they have earned. (Envy not one another) but ask Allah of His bounty. Lo! Allah is ever Knower of all things.
176 They ask thee for a pronouncement. Say: Allah hath pronounced for you concerning distant kindred. If a man die childless and he have a sister, hers is half the heritage, and he would have inherited from her had she died childless. And if there be two sisters, then theirs are two-thirds of the heritage, and if they be brethren, men and women, unto the male is the equivalent of the share of two females. Allah expoundeth unto you, so that ye err not. Allah is Knower of all things.
An-Nisa | 176 verses | The Women سÙرة اÙÙساء
Sura #4 | Madina
11 Allah chargeth you concerning (the provision for) your children: to the male the equivalent of the portion of two females, and if there be women more than two, then theirs is two-thirds of the inheritance, and if there be one (only) then the half. And to each of his parents a sixth of the inheritance, if he have a son; and if he have no son and his parents are his heirs, then to his mother appertaineth the third; and if he have brethren, then to his mother appertaineth the sixth, after any legacy he may have bequeathed, or debt (hath been paid). Your parents and your children: Ye know not which of them is nearer unto you in usefulness. It is an injunction from Allah. Lo! Allah is Knower, Wise.
12 And unto you belongeth a half of that which your wives leave, if they have no child; but if they have a child then unto you the fourth of that which they leave, after any legacy they may have bequeathed, or debt (they may have contracted, hath been paid). And unto them belongeth the fourth of that which ye leave if ye have no child, but if ye have a child then the eighth of that which ye leave, after any legacy ye may have bequeathed, or debt (ye may have contracted, hath been paid). And if a man or a woman have a distant heir (having left neither parent nor child), and he (or she) have a brother or a sister (only on the mother's side) then to each of them twain (the brother and the sister) the sixth, and if they be more than two, then they shall be sharers in the third, after any legacy that may have been bequeathed or debt (contracted) not injuring (the heirs by willing away more than a third of the heritage) hath been paid. A commandment from Allah. Allah is Knower, Indulgent.
13 These are the limits (imposed by) Allah. Whoso obeyeth Allah and His messenger, He will make him enter Gardens underneath which rivers flow, where such will dwell for ever. That will be the great success.
HONORED & EXALTED WOMEN IN ISLAM
EVE-pbuh
ur religion holds eve-pbuh as responsible for Fall of Mankind. but we say that both Adam and eve-pbut were responsible and they both were forgiven.
Taha | 135 verses | Taha سÙرة Ø·Ù
Sura #20 | Makkah
117 Therefor we said: O Adam! This is an enemy unto thee and unto thy wife, so let him not drive you both out of the Garden so that thou come to toil.
118 It is (vouchsafed) unto thee that thou hungerest not therein nor art naked,
119 And that thou thirstest not therein nor art exposed to the sun's heat.
120 But the devil whispered to him, saying: O Adam! Shall I show thee the tree of immortality and power that wasteth not away?
121 Then they twain ate thereof, so that their shame became apparent unto them, and they began to hide by heaping on themselves some of the leaves of the Garden. And Adam disobeyed his Lord, so went astray.
MARY- a.s -- even today ur society says shameful things about mary -a.s, but we say that she is honored.
Aal-e-Imran | 200 verses | The family of Imran سÙرة آ٠عÙ
راÙ
Sura #3 | Madina
42 And when the angels said: O Mary! Lo! Allah hath chosen thee and made thee pure, and hath preferred thee above (all) the women of creation.
MARY AND HER MIRACLE BIRTH OF JESUS-pbuh
45 (And remember) when the angels said: O Mary! Lo! Allah giveth thee glad tidings of a word from him, whose name is the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, illustrious in the world and the Hereafter, and one of those brought near (unto Allah).
46 He will speak unto mankind in his cradle and in his manhood, and he is of the righteous.
47 She said: My Lord! How can I have a child when no mortal hath touched me? He said: So (it will be). Allah createth what He will. If He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.
48 And He will teach him the Scripture and wisdom, and the Torah and the Gospel,
49 And will make him a messenger unto the Children of Israel, (saying): Lo! I come unto you with a sign from your Lord. Lo! I fashion for you out of clay the likeness of a bird, and I breathe into it and it is a bird, by Allah's leave. I heal him who was born blind, and the leper, and I raise the dead, by Allah's leave. And I announce unto you what ye eat and what ye store up in your houses. Lo! herein verily is a portent for you, if ye are to be believers.
50 And (I come) confirming that which was before me of the Torah, and to make lawful some of that which was forbidden unto you. I come unto you with a sign from your Lord, so keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
51 Lo! Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path.
2006-10-13 07:03:46 · answer #9 · answered by marissa 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋