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Women in Islam
At a time when the rest of the world, from Greece and Rome to India and China, considered women as no better than children or even slaves, with no rights whatsoever, Islam acknowledged women's equality with men in a great many respects. The Quran states:
"And among His signs is this: that He created mates for you from yourselves that you may find rest and peace of mind in them, and He ordained between you love and mercy. Certainly, herein indeed are signs for people who reflect." [Noble Quran 30:21]
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said:
"The most perfect in faith amongst believers is he who is best in manners and kindest to his wife." [Abu Dawud]
Muslims believe that Adam and Eve were created from the same soul. Both were equally guilty of their sin and fall from grace, and Allah forgave both. Many women in Islam have had high status; consider the fact that the first person to convert to Islam was Khadijah, the wife of Muhammad, whom he both loved and respected. His favorite wife after Khadijah's death, Ayshah, became renowned as a scholar and one of the greatest sources of Hadith literature. Many of the female Companions accomplished great deeds and achieved fame, and throughout Islamic history there have been famous and influential scholars and jurists.
We might also mention that while many in the West criticize Islam with regard to the treatment of women, in fact a number of Muslim countries have had women rulers and presidents. To name a few: Turkey; Bangladesh and Pakistan.
With regard to education, both women and men have the same rights and obligations. This is clear in Prophet Muhammad's saying:
"Seeking knowledge is mandatory for every believer." [Ibn Majah]
This implies men and women.
A woman is to be treated as God has endowed her, with rights, such as to be treated as an individual, with the right to own and dispose of her own property and earnings, enter into contracts, even after marriage. She has the right to be educated and to work outside the home if she so chooses. She has the right to inherit from her father, mother, and husband. A very interesting point to note is that in Islam, unlike any other religion, a woman can be an imam, a leader of communal prayer, for a group of women.
A Muslim woman also has obligations. All the laws and regulations pertaining to prayer, fasting, charity, pilgrimage, doing good deeds, etc., apply to women, albeit with minor differences having mainly to do with female physiology.
Before marriage, a woman has the right to choose her husband. Islamic law is very strict regarding the necessity of having the woman's consent for marriage. The groom gives a marriage dowry to the bride for her own personal use. She keeps her own family name, rather than taking her husband's. As a wife, a woman has the right to be supported by her husband even if she is already rich. She also has the right to seek divorce and custody of young children. She does not return the dowry, except in a few unusual situations.
Despite the fact that in many places and times Muslim communities have not always adhered to all or even many of the foregoing in practice, the ideal has been there for 1,400 years, while virtually all other major civilizations did not begin to address these issues or change their negative attitudes until the 19th and 20th centuries, and there are still many contemporary civilizations which have yet to do so.
Do I hate islam? of course I do. Islams death-cult has brought misery, poverty, violence and hatred to the world. It has made this flawed planet less civilized and more wicked. I would hate ANY religion that would permit child molestation and demand death for apostacy. Don't YOU think it is wrong to kill someone just because they want to leave the religion they were born into?
jerrytatum 3 weeks ago
I'm tired of being told that out of "tolerance for other cultures" we must let Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries use our oil money to fund mosques and mandrassa Islamic schools to preach hate in Australia, New Zealand, UK, America and Canada, while no one from these countries are allowed to fund a church, synagogue or religious school in Saudi Arabia or any other Arab country to teach love and tolerance..
jerrytatum 3 weeks ago
I'm tired of Muslims stoning teenage rape victims to death for "adultery"; of Muslims mutilating the genitals of little girls; all in the name of Allah, because the Qur'an and Shari'a law tells them to.
jerrytatum 3 weeks ago
I'm tired of being told that Islam is a "Religion of Peace," when every day I can read dozens of stories of Muslim men killing their sisters, wives and daughters for their family "honour"; of Muslims rioting over some slight offense; of Muslims murdering Christian and Jews because they aren't "believers"; of Muslims burning schools for girls
jerrytatum 3 weeks ago
Devout Muslim, Faisel Shahzad, explains in a pre-recorded video
why Allah wants him to massacre hundreds of fellow Americans
in Times Square . If the Qur'an in his hand did not support this
intense hatred and disregard for non-believers, it would be 61% lighter.
jerrytatum 3 weeks ago
Islamic Terrorism Timeline
This comprehensive review of Islamic terrorism from 1960 to 2004 is arranged by date and event. At one-thousand pages in length, this research confirms that 95% of all terrorist acts are the result of Islam. If just 20% of Muslims are fundamentalists, they are 3,000% more violent than the rest of the world.
jerrytatum 3 weeks ago
@ForQuranOnly If people want to say nice things about Islam, fine ~ but don't blame the critics for this mad and violent Arabian inspired ideology.
jerrytatum 3 weeks ago
@ForQuranOnly I know that there are muslims out there who have a good heart, and someday Jesus Christ will open their eyes. But no muslim can deny that islam and the quaran it'self is a book full of messages of hate.
Those who are violent muslims are nothing more and less than those who take quaran even more serious, so they are those who actually do what allah really want them to do. No one can deny it. Let's be honest here
jerrytatum 3 weeks ago
i grue up among muslims/arabs sheered brad with them numerous times, so don't even think using TAQIYYA on me!
ShteinbergArts 3 weeks ago
their over 120 hate verses throughout the koran&hadith that preached on a regular bases in masques threw out the world!
ShteinbergArts 3 weeks ago