What do you think? Islam does not allow mistreatment of women. But the so called "islamic" countries have taken a little bit of Islam (the parts that suit the men) and a lot of the culture (the parts which are anti woman), mixed it together, and labeled the whole concoction Islam. How do you feel about this quote?
""The believers who show the most perfect faith are those who have the best character and the best of you are those who are best to their wives" (Tirmidthi)."
2007-06-26 00:35:25 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You have answered it yourself when you quoted "so called Islamic countries"
There is no Islamic country existing in this world. There is no place where there is Law of Allah (Shari'ah) being followed.
Which of the laws are perfect Man made laws or God made laws? So these countries follow Man made laws in which one or the other flaws are bound to happen.
And a simple answer to the person who asked the long list of questions to the Muslims...
We believe that God is the creator and we are the created... So if I make something I am at complete liberty to do anything to it as I like... it is similar with God as well but God is far more great than we can even think of... His actions are beyond our imagination and understanding.
I can try and give all the answers here but it will take the idea of the question away.
2007-06-26 00:56:38 · answer #1 · answered by Monk Mst 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Religion is, by definition, a mix of dogma and culture. If you read a book like the bible you will not arrive at a consistent theology - those develop over time within cultures. You cannot separate the two.
And you can only judge a religion by what its follwers do. It is not a set of ideals that you can judge in their own right. After all, I know no-one who would advocate bad things whether or not religious, so religion has no monopoloy on what is good.
And if what you see of a religion is bad, then it is more than fair to conclude that that religion is bad. And if you find examples of it being good, then that may give some mitigation.
But find me any example of modern Islam that is good.
2007-06-26 07:46:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I answered a similar question to this..
So I would say this again:
People are trying their best but still are not the best..
It's sad that some countries would do it..
I wouldn't even hit a girl no matter what happens..
Islam is a peaceful religion..
So their shouldn't be anything mixed up like this..
May Allah guide us all..
2007-06-27 02:04:47 · answer #3 · answered by @hm@d {War Against Noub!} 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What bothers me so much is that there are SO MANY Islamic countries which have done this, and SO MANY Muslims subject to it, that we could say that there are very few true, correctly practicing Muslims (we could also say the same for Christians, mind you). And yet, people act as though it's a minority affected by these cultural practices.
2007-06-26 08:32:33 · answer #4 · answered by nomadic 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think the problem is that "best to their wives" comes off as sexist to a lot of people. For one thing, it continues the assumption that marriage is the only valid pathway for a woman. For another, this says nothing of their concept of what is best for those wives. And often, it means that unmarried women are treated very badly indeed. Including daughters, in that they could be forced to marry just because that is the only valid status, and father "knows best" who she should marry.
So the problem really is not so much what is written, but what is done. A husband might find, for example, that what is best for his wife is "chastisement," and sometimes that gets pretty severe.
2007-06-26 07:43:00 · answer #5 · answered by auntb93 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
IT IS TRUE AND WISE. Very aware of the reality we live in. Even western cultures are based on "men" superiority: that's why women have still a lot to "fight" for their Rights to be respected. EVERYWHERE (almost everywhere) IN THE WORLD WOMEN ARE STILL WAITING TO BE CONSIDERED FOR WHAT THEY ARE: people! (Not "animals", nor "mind-less", nor "slaves", nor ...). UNIVERSE will never find its harmony since THE TWO HALF OF IT (the male half and the female half) will be considered as both valuables, as having the same value. Males and Females together, full realized, will give birth to THE NEW WORLD, to the Heaven on Heart. By the time, we wait and work in favour of it ....
2007-06-26 09:49:03 · answer #6 · answered by Franca 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is a good and just saying, but do they live by it? To me, that is the question.
Many IMAMs teach anger and hatred to children too young to handle it, and when they grow older they may not be able to separate hate of that which is evil, from hate of anything that is contrary to their thoughts.
I prefer a saying from Christian scripture that says 'live in peace with everyone as much as it is possible to do so". That means that we should make every effort to live in peace with all of mankind. My policy is 'if you cannot live in peace with someone, then don't have contact with them", it is not kill those who irritate you.
In all my personal contacts over nearly 70 years, I only have one person that I have to stay away from because I am not able to live in peace with that person. I consider that a pretty good record. i.e. That person is not able to live in peace with anyone else either, some people are just plain mean.
Rai A, I picked this up off a yahoo search on rule of thumb.
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So where does beating your wife come in? Sharon Fenick wrote an article about its origins in the newsgroup alt.folklore.urban in 1996. She found that for more than two centuries there have been references in legal works to the idea that a man may legally beat his wife, provided that he used a stick no thicker than his thumb; but the references were always to what some people believed, not to established legal principle. The British common law had long held that it was legal for a man to chastise his wife in moderation, as one might a servant or child, but Sir William Blackstone wrote in his Commentaries on the Laws of England in 1765 that this principle was by then in decline. So far as I can discover nothing was ever laid down about how such discipline should be applied.
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grace2u
2007-06-26 08:13:33 · answer #7 · answered by Theophilus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
personally the islamic religion scares me... and i know that's mainly because of the media putting a bad spin on everything, but im gonna wait till later in life to figure out what it's all about...
but i have to say, you can't pick and choose which bits of a religion you like and stick with them, it defeats the purpose of being part of a specific religion.
which is why i call myself non-religious.. but i do believe there is a god of sorts... but no religion has yet described what i believe him to be...
2007-06-26 07:41:56 · answer #8 · answered by jamus 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
thats why I refer to two types of Islam being practiced in the world today...Islam as written in the Quran by God
and Hislam as written by men using culture, many false hadith, and just plain old patriarchal b.s.
2007-06-26 07:44:19 · answer #9 · answered by coolred38 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Surah 4:34 tells muslims to beat their wives and says men are superior to women. Take that out of the koran, stop islamic "honor killings", stop the female genital mutilation that is so common in allah land, stop all muslim abuse of women in the name of your allah and we will agree that islam respects women. But if you stopped abusing women, you would not be a muslim. I have read the koran and seen the evil it teaches, especially toward women.
And then there is the fact that muhammad married a 6 year old girl named Ayesha when he was 53, and 33:50 in the koran says muhammad could have sex with all his female cousins and slave girls.
Don't tell me the lie that islam respects women. I have read the koran. I know better.
2007-06-26 08:13:34 · answer #10 · answered by jesuscuresislam 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋