Interfaith Respect series #3: Imam Hassan Qazwini explains Islam & women

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YOOPERNEWSMAN
June 22, 2009

Interfaith Respect has long been a goal of the Upper Peninsula EarthKeeper Team in northern Michigan.
On June 4, 2009 President Barack Obama said in Cairo, Egypt that people from different religions should respect each others faiths: The richness of religious diversity must be upheld ... faith should bring us together..
In that spirit, the nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette, MI begins a series of videos from a wide range of faiths.
We start with three videos with Muslim Imam Hassan Qazwini; then three videos of Dr. Michael Grossman, a member of Jewish Temple Beth Sholom, Ishpeming, MI.
Imam Hassan Qazwini, head of the Islamic Center of America, spoke on Oct. 22, 2008 at the Lutheran Campus Ministry (LCM) Lothlórien House in Marquette, MI.
Imam Qazwini talks about the Iraq War (Part 2) his life (Part 1) and the treatment of women in Islam (Part 3).

Parts 1 & 2 on bliptv & youtube:

Interfaith Respect Series #1 Islamic Center of America Imam Hassan Qazwini talks about his life during fall 2008 visit to Marquette:
http://blip.tv/file/2199997
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwR0Mu...

Interfaith Respect Series #2: Islamic Center of America Imam Hassan Qazwini discusses the Iraq War and other issues:
http://blip.tv/file/2263392
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR61fx...

See links below to two previous videos: Imam Qazwini talks about respect for the environment and the few differences between the worlds major religions.)

Dr. Grossman joined faith leaders from other religions in a April 23, 2009 address to NMU students during the Sacred Planet series sponsored by the EarthKeeper NMU Student Team.

Interfaith Respect video series includes:

Dr. Rodney H. Clarken, chair of the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahais of Marquette

Head Priest Reverend Tesshin Paul Lehmberg of the Lake Superior Zendo, Soto Zen Buddhist temple, Marquette

Lutheran Bishop Thomas A. Skrenes of the Northern Great Lakes Synod for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Catholic EarthKeeper team member Kyra Fillmore, seedling distribution coordinator for the EarthKeeper Tree Project during May 2009:

United Church of Christ Rev. Dr. George Cairns of Chesterton IN co-founder of the nonprofit Turtle island Project, a research professor with the Chicago Theological Seminary.

The EarthKeeper Initiative is co-sponsored by the Cedar Tree Institute, Superior Watershed Partnership and 10 faith communities: Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran, Presbyterian, United Methodist Church, Unitarian Universalist, Baha'i, Jewish, Quakers, Zen Buddhist.

U.S. President Barack Obama interfaith quotes Cairo, Egypt June 4, 2009:

People in every country should be free to choose and live their faith based upon the persuasion of the mind, heart, and soul.
The richness of religious diversity must be upheld whether it is for Maronites in Lebanon or the Copts in Egypt.
And fault lines must be closed among Muslims as well, as the divisions between Sunni and Shia have led to tragic violence, particularly in Iraq.
Indeed, faith should bring us together.
That is why we are forging service projects in America that bring together Christians, Muslims, and Jews.
That is why we welcome efforts like Saudi Arabian King Abdullah's Interfaith dialogue and Turkey's leadership in the Alliance of Civilizations.

The EarthKeepers stand for the equal treatment of all/Presidents remarks about respect for womens rights:
The sixth issue that I want to address is women's rights.
I know there is debate about this issue.
I reject the view of some in the West that a woman who chooses to cover her hair is somehow less equal, but I do believe that a woman who is denied an education is denied equality.
And it is no coincidence that countries where women are well-educated are far more likely to be prosperous.
Now let me be clear: issues of women's equality are by no means simply an issue for Islam. In Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia, we have seen Muslim-majority countries elect a woman to lead.
Meanwhile, the struggle for women's equality continues in many aspects of American life, and in countries around the world.
Our daughters can contribute just as much to society as our sons, and our common prosperity will be advanced by allowing all humanity men and women to reach their full potential.

U.P. EarthKeeper Team:
http://www.upearthkeepers.org
Nonprofit Superior Watershed Partnership in Marquette, MI
http://www.superiorwatersheds.org
Nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette, MI
http://www.cedartreeinstitute.org
Two previous videos with Imam Hassan Qazwini:
Religions, people have few differences:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGCkCE...
Selfish humans abuse Earth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8lj0R...

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The Qur'an does not say that it is society that makes the difference between men and women, but not G-d.

bigturban (5 months ago) Show Hide

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Thanks for posting this. Iman Qazwini comes across as a very knowledgeable and wise man I will try and find some lengthier interviews of him.

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Yes, women are equal to men in Islam. Don't be fooled by the fact that Muslim women are forcibly kept behind Muslim men when they worship (no choice). Or that a woman is worth one-half a man in Islam (Qur'an 2:282). Or that lewd women are to be confined to their houses until death (4:15). Or that men may beat women for refusing sex and men are in charge of women, because Allah made men to be better than women (4:34). Oh no no, don't let that fool you. Women want it that way. It protects them.

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those are wrong translations and interpretations.

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