Did you know that women in Islam really do have rights?

Question

Did you know that women have a lot more rights in the religion of Islam then you knew about? Main ones are that it's not her duty to cook, nor clean. And while in most cases it's natural for a mother to care for her young, in those odd cases where that instinct just isn't there, she isn't even obligated to do that? Here are just a few of women's rights in Islam. What do you think of them? And it also disspells the FGM myth,because it has no place in Islam. How can she have the right to sexual satisfaction from her husband if her pleasure button is missing?

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Following are just a very small fraction of rights, which Muslim women have!

1. The RIGHT and duty to acquire education.

2. The RIGHT to have her own independent property.

3. The RIGHT to work [job or business] to earn money, which she keeps it.

4. The RIGHT to equal reward for equal deed and/or work.

5. The RIGHT to express her opinion.

6. The RIGHT to argue and/or advocate her cause or opinion to be heard.

7. The RIGHT to vote since 1,421 years.

8. The RIGHT to provisions from her husband for all her needs and more.

9. The RIGHT to negotiate marriage terms of her choice.

10.The RIGHT to obtain divorce from her husband, even on the grounds that she simply don't like him. In Islaam divorce is suppose to be last resort.

11.The RIGHT to keep all her own money. [She is not responsible for maintenance of family].

12.The RIGHT to get sexual satisfaction from her husband.

13.The RIGHT to get custody of her children in case of divorce [unless she is unable to raise them for valid reasons]

14.The RIGHT to choose husband of her choice.

15.The RIGHT to refuse a proposed and/or arranged marriage.

16. The RIGHT to re-marry after divorce or after becoming widow.

EXEMPTIONS GIVEN TO WOMEN IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCE.

Women are exempt from:

a.. Fasting when they are pregnant or nursing or menstruating,
b.. Praying when menstruating or bleeding after childbirth,
c.. The obligation to attend congregational prayers in the mosque on Fridays.
d.. They are not obliged to take part as soldiers in the defense of Islam, although they are not forbidden to do so.
But under normal circumstances they are allowed to do all the things that men do.

- Even when they are menstruating, on special days, like the two Eid festivals, they are still allowed to come to the Eid prayers, and menstruating women can take part in most of the actions of the Hajj pilgrimage.

Islamic laws does not requires that women should confine themselves to household duties.

Muslim women have [and are as well] headed Islamic provinces [and states as well], like Arwa bint Ahmad, who served as governor of Yemen under the Fatimid Khalifahs in the late fifth and early sixth century.

I'm a US Citizen, born and raised, and my family has been here for at least a hundred years.

Answer 1

Yes Islam gives it's woman alot of right. Almost equal rights to the man. But we Islam's woman chose to waived that right for the benefit of our husband, families and religion!

added: By the way, I really respect you for what what you are doing here. Thumbs up!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I don't understand why, in the West, Muslim women are clumped into one large group and viewed as homogenous clones of one another, while their Christian and Jewish counterparts are rarely ever stereotyped in this way. Many people don't realize, due largely to biased media interpretations, that there are a large variety of Muslim women around the world, from areas such as the Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia, Yugoslavia, Northern Africa, and the Southern parts of the former USSR, just as there are Christian and Jewish women in various countries.
For instance, one probably wouldn't classify a Mexican woman with a French woman, though both may be Roman Catholics and hold the same beliefs. In the same way, American Muslim women are different from Pakistani Muslims, who are different from Saudi Muslims. In these three countries, women are accorded different rights and privileges because of the government and customs in the area. For example, many American Muslim women are discriminated against because they cover their heads; Pakistani women have political rights but are often exploited by men; Saudi women have no public role, yet they are "protected" by Saudi men.

The negative stereotypes of Muslim women probably arise from this varying treatment of women. The Western media, for some reason, latch on to a few examples of unjust behavior in the Islamic world, brand Islam as a backwards and "fundamentalist" religion, especially in its treatment of women, and ignore that it was the first religion to accord women equal rights. While Christian and Jewish women were still considered inferior, the originators of sin, and the property of their husbands, Muslim women were being given shares in inheritance, were allowed to choose or refuse prospective husbands, and were considered equal to men in the eyes of God. However, through time, slowly changing customs, and the rise of male-dominated, patriarchal nation-states, Muslim governments began placing restrictions on women which had no grounds in the Quran, the Islamic holy book; or the hadith, the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad. On the other hand, Christian and Jewish women in the West have slowly been awarded rights not called for in the biblical tradition.

Answer 4

Yes and I remember when the story about women not being allowed in mecca for prayer came out.

Islamic women all over the workld protested that one,
and i read an arctical that an islamic woman wrote speaking against the banning of women.

That right there shows they have rights.

Answer 5

I appreciate what you are trying to do, (getting information into our heads) and I respect your beliefs, but this isn't really a question, you know?

Also, I am curious, do you have a link that will respond to the fact that FGM happens in predominately African Islamic countries and has never happened in Christian countries? I agree with you that it's a disgusting practice and it actually leads to medical problems associated with pregnancy and labor.

I'd also like to get your thoughts on modesty in regard to Islam vs. Christianity. This is one place where I think Christianity may have a lot to learn from Islamic women. What country do you live in, btw?

Answer 6

Nice question.Muslim women already know about their rights,but unfortunately,men and society in general try to ignore them.Arranged marriage are very common,forced marriage as well,restricting women to housekeeping and nothing else,covering up their faces(althoughh it's not obligatory) like in Saudia Arabia,thinking that women education is not that important and a waste of money.
All these things are not related to Islam,but they are old traditions and habits that people can't change.I hope that one day people can change and understand that Islam actually came to free women and give them their rights.

Answer 7

First off I plead ignorance, but what religion is it that makes women hide their faces. If it has anything to do with Islam, I don't think you can truly make a claim for women's freedom.

But it if it's not than carry on, I'm all for equality, just don't be fooled like men have life any easier.

Answer 8

You're so right. That's something that I've learned by studying religions. I think it's a lot easier for people to deny what makes them wrong then to open their eyes to the truth and say, "Hey, maybe that religion isn't so bad after all".

People are ignorant and they believe that ignorance is bliss...even though it clearly is not.

Answer 9

Yeah i know, but unfortunantly many people don't know. and they don't want to know since their heart is filled with hatred and phobia against Islam for no reason.

Answer 10

I didn't know that. Thanks for posting. But women cannot drive in Saudi Arabia correct? That's a different branch of Islam from what you practice?