Women, would you allow a religion to DICTATE your atttire.?

Question

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"Brother U r right women gets double the rights than man than why they want more in my life i have seen many women beaten by their husbands and in 90 % cases the fault is of a woman and she doesn't give a ****
medically it is proved that man and woman are different so they can be simillar but not equeal their rights should be the that each one gets totality equal but may differentiate in between

u can read this answer from dr. xakir naik
Question:

Why does Islam degrade women by keeping them behind the veil?

Answer:

The status of women in Islam is often the target of attacks in the secular media. The ‘hijaab’ or the Islamic dress is cited by many as an example of the ‘subjugation’ of women under Islamic law. Before we analyze the reasoning behind the religiously mandated ‘hijaab’, let us first study the status of women in societies before the advent of Islam"

Islam uplifted women and gave them equality and expects them to maintain their status.

"Islam uplifted the status of women and granted them their just rights 1400 years ago. Islam expects women to maintain their status."

3. Six criteria for Hijaab.

According to Qur’an and Sunnah there are basically six criteria for observing hijaab:

Extent:

The first criterion is the extent of the body that should be covered. This is different for men and women. The extent of covering obligatory on the male is to cover the body at least from the navel to the knees. For women, the extent of covering obligatory is to cover the complete body except the face and the hands upto the wrist. If they wish to, they can cover even these parts of the body. Some scholars of Islam insist that the face and the hands are part of the obligatory extent of ‘hijaab’.

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Answer 1

Yes the Islamic religion is oppressive in many ways but look at the time and place it was founded and the isolation that part of the world has been through . Given that WW1 was really the first contact the general population had and it wasn't that open until WW2 I would say the amount of progress in any comparable time period is far greater than Christianity .

Answer 2

If I didn't have a choice, or didn't KNOW I had a choice, I would follow like the rest. Fortunately I am American - and that implies freedom.

My personal belief (without futher information today) is that men don't want to be tempted so they remove/cover the temptation. Because men aren't held "publicly" accountable, they blame women publically for a myriad of things, e.g., being in a room with a man not her relative (thus bringing on a rape herself?!?!); showing her skin which may tempt or make a man horny and since he is not held accountable he may rape her (then it's again, yep, the woman's fault), ad infinitum!!!

They say that woman are to be revered and respected and that it's inappropriate to even look a woman straight in the eyes (lest it's, yes, disrespectful or TEMPTING).

It seems that temptation and a lack of self control dictates the dress code - more than religion or tradition.

Answer 3

I don't know why people don't understand that its their life, we can say its terrible all we want but at the end of the day we live our own lives and can't force our beliefs on those women. If its how they choose to live, we just have to sit on the sidelines and sigh.

No I would never let a religion tell me how to dress but I am not Islamic or live in a country where there was severe punishment if I did not dress that way and people that actually have a choice whether or not they want to wear the religious attire maybe just feel secure in going with traditional beliefs, nothing wrong with that

Answer 4

For women in pre-Islamic society, they were only allowed outside the house twice in their lives -- for their marriage, and their funeral. The introduction of the hijab made it possible for women in pre-Islamic society to leave their houses and have lives.

A Muslim woman does not wear the hijab because she is oppressed. She wears it to publically declare her submission to God. It is a form of attire that has been adopted by Muslim women to publically identify them as Muslim women, and to immediately show their solidarity as Muslims and as women. There is nothing 'oppressive' about it.

It is only a recent phenomena in Europe, for example, for women to leave the house without a token head covering. The hat was still worn in Church when my mother was a girl, in the 1950s. Orthodox Jewish women also cover their heads, with wigs, when in public. It is very common in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism for a woman to 'cover her head before God'. It is only a mark of respect.

Nuns in the Western tradition also cover their heads to indicate submission to God. In fact, the tradition of long hair for women as a head covering traces back to Corinthians in the New Testament.

A benefit of the hijab, and also the traditional dress of Muslim women, which conceals the contours of the body, is that it makes you see her as an individual with ideas, not just a 'woman', which may carry societal prejudices about duty and subservience to men. We are all people, and our gender shouldn't make us any less valuable in the eyes of others. The traditional dress of Islam is a reminder of this.

I think wearing the hijab is a feminist statement. It is not oppressive, and it does not detract from men in the way Western feminism seems to be 'anti men'. Rather, it identifies women as separate and unique, not oppressed and inferior.

Every time I see a woman wearing the hijab I smile. I'm not a Muslim or a Christian, but I'm still a feminist. Our identity as women is something we all have in common.

Answer 5

I am a Muslim and I live in Canada, my mother/grandmother don't wear a hijab (headscarf) it's really a choice. Still, I respect women that have the hijab and are covered up I rather look at a nice and quiet collected girl then a mini-skirt tanktop girl exposing her body to get attention.

Answer 6

The main problem some body talking about Women's rights in islam and in his Religion no ther any Women's rights It's sold and purchased

Answer 7

My son was sitting on my lap today, and I saw a story on Y!News about a female rape victim who was PARDONED for her crime of engaging in "inappropriate relations" with persons other than her husband. It was accompanied by a picture of a woman sheathed head to toe in material except for the "eye slit". My son pointed and said "What's that?"

I told him "Honey..... that's oppression".

He said "oh-PRESS-in".

I said "Yes, honey. Oppression. Remember that".

To answer your question, "no". I never seemed to dress "properly" enough for Sunday mass when I attended church with my Catholic family. I often wondered why this god would care so much about what I wore. Wouldn't it be enough that I showed up and believed and prayed, etc? I actually think it was more for my mother (didn't want to be embarrassed by a jeans-and-a-t-shirt daughter when everyone was dressed to the nines).

Answer 8

My religion has a dress code for both men and women. I am not dictated to about this code, I just choose to follow it. I see the meaning in it an purpose behind it.

Answer 9

I am a woman who loves the veil....

I am lesbian and not that attracted to men...but like to play up the mystery

put on the veil and I am mysterious and possibly sexy, after they get to look, well it's too late

(just kidding, not a female)

Answer 10

the founder of islam muhammad was a kos oma. he had 12 wives, raped a child named aisha, and the maid. he fought numerous wars chopped heads off and stole a wife from some other husband whose family he murdered.

with such a founder what can you expect about the principles of islam? its lead by the devil