Why do Muslim women get mad when western women are angered by what they perceive as Islam's "oppression" of women? Don't you realize it's mostly fellow "sisters" being upset by poor treatment of Muslim women in Islamic countries?
Our media doesn't tell us, "Oh, look at these stupid, suplicating women who don't stand up for their rights?" They show us atrocities the Taliban have committed against Muslim women! Are you saying "religion police" in some villages do NOT chase women & beat them for not wearing the full burqa or venturing out without a male relative? Are you saying there are NO women who are forbidden an education or a job?
We, in the west, have been brought to tears by media stories of widows who are banned from earning a living to feed their children & are only allowed out when ascorted by a son or a male relative. They suffer, they need help!
Do you not know this or are you saying it's a media fairytale? Many of us just feel for our fellow women.
2007-11-07 17:30:57 · 8 answers · asked by Crystalize 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Western women may mean well, but they can be a little condescending.
Women in the Middle East do have their own minds and thoughts. Many of them do want and push for change, but they don't feel they need their "big sisters" in the West to come save them.
They want to change their lives and gain rights through their own cultural context.
Most of the media stories we hear in the west are the worst of the worst.
I have been to Saudi Arabia. Most families there are normal happy families. The problem isn't that most men are psycho control freaks there, the problem is that the laws there protect the few men who are psycho control freaks. However, this is the exception rather than the rule. Most women there do want change on some level, and they are making change happen, however, they want to create their own change, not simply copy the West.
The best thing women in the West can do is befriend Middle Eastern women, and learn what Middle Eastern women stand for and want, and support them in their causes. Understand how smart and capable they are, and support them in the changes they find important, not try to force them to follow Western women's lead in what Western women find important.
2007-11-08 07:34:18 · answer #1 · answered by pdx_girl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have an online friend in Baghdad who is a secularist Muslim. She is a medical student, too. She's outraged at the religious police and is so happy Kurds are guarding her neighborhood now, since she started to understand their language. They compliment her on her pretty hair, eyes and smile while the various Iraqi militias scowl and shout 'Cover your head!"
Her dream is to live in the USA "so I can show my cleavage!" Cute, no?
Oh, and don't forget the brave feminist lawyer, Shirin Ebadi, in Iran. She bravely stays in her own country, fighting for women's rights in court rather than from the safety of Paris like so many of the other so-called democracy advocates. Her life is at risk daily.
2007-11-07 17:37:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
If I had to wear all of those clothes, especially in 120 temp's
I would be mad as well.
They are definitely suffering and some of our top notch people are doing everything they can to educate these women.
The Cleric's (I call them trouble makers) encourage the men on how to beat their wives.
2007-11-07 17:57:22 · answer #3 · answered by NJ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
watch the stone throwers... silly old women who should wear the burka not to scare the children in the street.
I loved the culture back in Egypt, where there were seculars, who walked western style dressed, and the hard line muslims, who were covered completely. quite funny for a central European to see a girl full covered, including GLOVES, in Alexandria in May.
Where a choice there is the freedom.
2007-11-07 18:56:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
umm..how many muslim women did you talk to?? did you really even talk to them???
we believe in covering our bodies as modesty. it is a show of dignity to not walk around with double d's popping out of your shirt. As for covering your face, that is not islam. The quran doesnt say that anywhere. Covering your face deprives you of your identity as a woman and as a person. THAT is opression and most importantly, it is not islam. thats why you see it as a part of saudi arabian culture.
2007-11-07 17:52:59 · answer #5 · answered by 412envy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we do know this, and perhaps we should do more in support. The Anglican Mother's Union has a growing membership in Baghdad. Meanwhile you do have many heroic women trying to change things in their own country.
2007-11-07 17:37:52 · answer #6 · answered by cheir 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dear kithran, I pray for you, may God give you knowledge, intelligence and logic so that you can know what is real and what is propaganda, what is right and what is wrong and so that you can lead your life in the right way. Take care.
2007-11-07 17:48:29 · answer #7 · answered by Wahidur Rahman 4 · 2⤊ 4⤋
have u ever study about Islam and Quran??..if not,please check the Quran first..
2007-11-07 17:38:14 · answer #8 · answered by Amirul 5 · 2⤊ 4⤋
I DONT NO
2007-11-07 17:47:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋