Islam and Women (3 of 6)

Courtesy of David Horowitz Freedom Center

Top ten rules in the Quran that oppress and insult women:

1. Mature men are allowed to marry prepubescent girls.
The Quran in Sura 65:1, 4 says:
65:1 O Prophet, when you (and the believers) divorce women, divorce them for their prescribed waiting-period and count the waiting-period accurately . . . 4 And if you are in doubt about those of your women who have despaired of menstruation, (you should know that) their waiting period is three months, and the same applies to those who have not menstruated as yet. As for pregnant women, their period ends when they have delivered their burden. (Maududi, vol. 5, pp. 599 and 617, emphasis added)
Maududi correctly interprets the plain meaning of verse 4, which appears in the context of divorce:
Therefore, making mention of the waiting-period for girls who have not yet menstruated, clearly proves that it is not only permissible to give away the girl at this age but it is permissible for the husband to consummate marriage with her. Now, obviously no Muslim has the right to forbid a thing which the Qur'an has held as permissible. (Maududi, vol. 5, p. 620, note 13, emphasis added)

2. Husbands may hit their wives even if the husbands merely fear highhandedness in their wives (quite apart from whether they actually are highhanded—as if domestic violence in any form is acceptable).
The Quran in Sura 4:34 says:
4:34 . . . If you fear highhandedness from your wives, remind them [of the teaching of God], then ignore them when you go to bed, then hit them. If they obey you, you have no right to act against them. God is most high and great. (Haleem, emphasis added)

3. A Muslim polygamist may simply get rid of one of his undesirable wives.
The Quran in Sura 4:129 says:
It is not within your power to be perfectly equitable in your treatment with all your wives, even if you wish to be so; therefore, (in order to satisfy the dictates of Divine Law) do not lean towards one wife so as to leave the other in a state of suspense. (Maududi, vol. 1, p. 381)

4. A man may be polygamous with up to four wives.
The Quran Sura 4:3.

5. Slave-girls are sexual property for their male owners.
The Quran in Sura 4:24 says:
And forbidden to you are wedded wives of other people except those who have fallen in your hands (as prisoners of war) . . . (Maududi, vol. 1, p. 319).
Sayyid Maududi (d. 1979), a highly respected traditional commentator and scholar, says in his comment on the verse that is it lawful for Muslim holy warriors to marry women prisoners of war even when their husbands are still alive. But what happens if the husbands are captured with their wives? Maududi cites a school of law that says Muslims may not marry them, but two other schools say that the marriage between the captive husbands and wives is broken (note 44). But why would a debate over this cruelty emerge in the first place? No sex or marriage should take place between married female prisoners of war and their captors. In fact, no sex should take place between women captives and their Muslim overlords. But Islam traffics in injustice too often.

6. A wife may remarry her ex-husband if and only if she marries another man, they have sex, and then this second man divorces her.
The Quran in Sura 2:230 says:
And if the husband divorces his wife (for the third time), she shall not remain his lawful wife after this (absolute) divorce, unless she marries another husband and the second husband divorces her. (In that case) there is no harm if they [the first couple] remarry . . . . (Maududi, vol. 1, p. 165)

7. A woman's testimony counts half of a man's testimony.
The Quran in Sura 2:282 says:
And let two men from among you bear witness to all such documents [contracts of loans without interest]. But if two men be not available, there should be one man and two women to bear witness so that if one of the women forgets (anything), the other may remind her. (Maududi, vol. 1, p. 205).

8. A male gets a double share of the inheritance over that of a female.
The Quran in Sura 4:11 says:
The share of the male shall be twice that of a female . . . . (Maududi, vol. 1, p. 311)

9. Husbands are a degree above their wives.
The Quran Sura 2:228.

10. A husband has sex with his wife, as a plow goes into a dirt field.
The Quran in Sura (Chapter) 2:223 says:
Your women are your fields, so go into your fields whichever way you like . . . . (MAS Abdel Haleem, The Qur'an, Oxford UP, 2004)

We should make no mistake about this verse. It includes sexual positions.

For further information, please visit:
http://www.answering-islam.org/Authors/Arlandson/women_top_ten.htm

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[noor9565]

Dond,t say Islam and women bring Evidence from the Quran so that we can see you are telling the truth, Almighty God doesn't like those who say lie to themselves, and for them will be grieves punishment for they say lie to themselves

[courag1]

@JunaidKhan011 I am glad you condemn it.

[JunaidKhan011]

@courag1 it would have been sincere on her part to have criticised her culture but again these days these kinds of things/whining take you different place.

being practicing muslim i condemn female circumscision.

bu

[JunaidKhan011]

@courag1 also when she says women cant get divorced in islam she is lying again.

there are two ways in islam for muslim women to get divorce.

if she had added the condition in her marriage contract/nikkah nama then she can directly.

if not then she can get it through by applying to qazi or judge and in that case it would be khula and these rights were given to women 1400 years ago.

[JunaidKhan011]

@courag1 see i didnt mean it hadnt been done to her but what i am saying it is not in islam.

i am muslim live in pakistan and it doesnt happen here for females not at all.

here you would find very few male gynocologists let alone female circumcision.

it may be in some arab or african culture but not all in islam.

and by means arab have so many different culture.

i can assure you she is lying when she connects it to islam

[courag1]

@JunaidKhan011 People who come to the West from Islamic countries & are Muslim are having their girls circumcised in my country & to do so is against the law. Some are frustrated and give up, if they have the money and want it bad enough, they go out of the country and have it done, some do it in Canada.

Hirsi Ali, you should have heard of her, had this done to her. She is not happy about it and yes, she was raised in Islam.

If Islam wants to be enlightened, they should teach it isn't healthy.

[JunaidKhan011]

@courag1 sorry dear there is no female genital mutilation in islam may be its in some culture but not in islam.

most of things this women says are lies nothing close to islam but her egyptian experience and egypt is not an islamic country.

women can divorce her husband.

brother inherits because brother has to feed his family and her responsibility is on her husband and when islam gave inheritance to women in almost whole world there was none.

if you want to believe her thats your choice.

[SearchingInvisible]

Listen to Dr. Zakir Naik to clear the misconceptions about Islam.

[courag1]

Perhaps they think they are being kind for incest happens in all cultures. So little girls are returned to the state of virgin by Female Genital Mutilation. So whether you are violated or not, FGM violates you. This is also known as pharonic circumcision. It ensures that the wife will bleed profusely on their wedding night as the only way she is accessible is with a knife.

There is not enough flesh left to heal after childbirth and she gets sewn up again, just to be opened up again w/ a knife.

[SabreKitteh]

lol like judayohkrischun texts are female-friendly. The only difference is most jews (why is that term politically incorrect again?) and christians don't actually get their morals from their texts.