Womens rights can be argued both ways, one based on genuine
Islamic principles and one based on the male dominated interpretation of womens
rights
The verse from the Quran : 2:223
Islam is the religion that liberates women. In fact, Islam was the first religion that talked and put into practice the equality of women. I recommend any woman or man to read the book
( Liberating the woman in the message's era by Dr. Abdul halim Abou Shoqa)
Many prolific Islam haters
view that Muslim women have
either crumbled into submission or more often melted without but hardened
within.
Docile, demure and modestly silent, many
Muslim women keep their husbands
financial accounts, give excellent advice and manage the household as
leaders of the household.
The home of a Muslim husband is not his
castle but his wife’s fortress.
To others she may appear to behave like a
slave but she is the real minister of the interior . She has a marvellous
mingling of love, kindnesses and independence though at times jealous.
No blogger on has written pieces on the behavior of American, European, Chinese, Japanese
husbands’ fear of their tough and dominating and jealous wives oppressing their
husbands.
There are wives in all Western cultures who
dominate, exert undesirable influence
and nag. But there is so much of unfair and one sided criticism of
Muslim women’s voluntary obedience .
Greater bullying by European wives are
safely swept under the carpet
Some people attribute these barriers to the teachings of Islam, but this is false. We have this in plenty among the Hindu women in India in the rural areas.
The teachings of the Holy Prophet of Islam emphasize
“the acquiring of knowledge as bounden duties of each Muslim from the cradle to the grave” and that “the quest for knowledge and science is obligatory upon every Muslim man and woman.”
One-eighth (that is, 750 verses) of the Quraan (the Muslim Holy Book) exhort believers to study nature, to reflect, and to make the best use of reason in their search for the ultimate truth.
Good education concentrating more on women may eventually solve some of the problems that the prejudiced critics of Islam attack
Muslim countries vary greatly in their culture, traditions, and social systems, and there is a wide range of attitudes toward educating women at the university level. For example, in Egypt, women have attended university since the 1920s
The percentage of females enrolled in science and technology university courses ranges from 70% in the United Arab Emirates to 8% in Djibouti; in Egypt, 35% of science undergraduates are women
For example, at The Lebanese University, the percentage of women studying engineering increased from 16% in 1992–93 to 20% in 1996–97, and in Syria, the total percentage of women studying civil engineering increased from 14.4% in 1980 to 30.5% in 1994.
A few female scientists from Muslim countries serve on national and international committees
Can non Muslims show from their scripture a similar right?
Women were not allowed to bear witness in early Jewish society.
In the Christian West, both ecclesiastical and civil law debarred women from giving testimony until late last century.
In Islam the testimony of a woman is accepted as equal to that of a man except in financial cases.
In fact the woman’s testimony can even invalidate the man’s in certain cases.
Inheritance rights were confined exclusively to the male relatives; Islam abolished all these unjust customs and gave all the female relatives inheritance shares.
Before the advent of Islam women were denied basic human dignity.
Regrettably in some Muslim societies, the rights granted to the women by Islam are denied due to the local culture and traditions, for which Islam can not be blamed.
Islam can not be blamed for the local cultural traditions which are found to be against women. [For details read: http://endeavour-peace.page.tl/MuslimWomen.htm]
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