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Women in Islam

Women in Islam

Women in Islam

The Condition of Women before Islam       

Islam came at a time when women all over the world were being oppressed and exploited. The most any society would accord the woman was to admit that she was part of the human race. They never admitted her dignity or gave her rights and responsibilities equal to those of men. The Greeks considered her to be an object of pleasure and amusement. This view was articulated in the classical texts most unambiguously:

We take prostitutes for pleasure, lovers to care for our daily health, and wives to give us legitimate children.

The Romans gave the father and husband the right to sell her to whomever they pleased. The Arabs gave the son the right to inherit the wife of his father (not his own mother) just like he would inherit his father’s wealth and his steed! That is if she were lucky enough not to have been buried alive at birth. This was the case with the rest of the world’s societies at that time, like those of the Persians and the Hindus.

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Are Muslim women oppressed?

Are Muslim women oppressed?

Among the many topics of interest to non-Muslims, the status of Muslim women and the theme of their rights -- or rather, the perceived lack of them – seems to be foremost...

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Polygamy in Islam

Polygamy in Islam

Islam is criticized for allowing polygamy, for popular culture in the West views polygamy as relatively backward and impoverished.  For many Christians, it is a license t...

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Some Misconceptions about Women in Islam

Some Misconceptions about Women in Islam

Islam gave women rights and privileges at a time when only barbaric manners and values dominated.
Yet, some people argue that Islam has alienated women in some domains. In...

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Hijab - Unveiling the Mystery

Hijab - Unveiling the Mystery

American Muslim women today are rediscovering the pristine Islam as revealed by Allah, God, to the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, more than 1,400 years ago but with...

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Islam The choice of Thinking Women

Islam The choice of Thinking WomenIsmail Adam Patel

Islam forbids the one thing that modern men and women have excelled in: a laissez-faire society. In contrast, Islam commends chastity, marriage, reproduc...

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The role of women in Islam

The role of women in Islam
Yvonne Ridley explains the role of women in Islam            

She used to believe that the Quran advocated beating of women, subjudation and intolerance. However, when she...

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The Status of Women in Islam

The Status of Women in Islam

 Islam honours women greatly. It honours women as mothers who must be respected, obeyed and treated with kindness. Pleasing one's mother is regarded as part of pleasing A...

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Islam and Women

Islam and Women
Muhammed Kutub

The East today is simmering with a furor over the- rights of woman and a demand in her behalf for perfect equality with man. The most noteworthy among the f...

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How I Came to Love the Veil

How I Came to Love the Veil
by Yvonne Ridley           

POLITICIANS AND JOURNALISTS just love to write about the oppression of women in Islam ... without even talking to the females beneath the veil....

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Are Muslim Women Oppress? (video)

Sometimes, people see covered Muslim women and they think of this as oppression. This is wrong. A Muslim woman is not oppressed, in fact, she is liberated. This is becaus...

Muslim Women and Hijab

Muslim Women and Hijab

 Modesty and chastity , very important ideologies with Islam, are achieved by prescribing standards on behavior    and the dress of a Muslim. A woman who adheres to the t...

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