The Truth About Islamic Women

While people in the west think that women in Islam are oppressed, they do not know that Islam liberated women from oppression. There are many people who have opinions about the religion of Islam, but mostly about the women who follow it. Westerners have this idea that women in Islam are disrespected, mistreated and oppressed. In actuality, these allegations are incorrect. Women in Islam have rights and are not oppressed. The veil is widely misunderstood and many do not know what it represents. In many ways, men and women are equal as much as they are not; and this is in every religion.

The Qur’an promotes equality of the sexes, in fact, even the language of the Qur’an does not make a specific gender distinction, as in Arabic the pronouns “he” and “she” do not necessarily imply natural gender. Therefore, the reason for the superiority of the Male in Islamic culture

Taking the time to read and understand the Quran and its teachings to Muslims many will understand that the Quran speaks about peace and unity. Islam has been criticized to be a religion dominated by the men when this could not be more far from the truth. A recent article by Ruqaiyyah Maqsood addresses the truth about the equality and treatment of Muslim women. Maqsood states that the Quran does not differentiate between men and women as they are created of a single soul. Husbands are not allowed to hit their wife, a child, or old person s their prophet never did

Within these gender roles respect is earned in very different ways even though both are based on an almost emotionless stoicism. Men earn respect “through tough assertiveness, fearlessness, and pride, whereas in regard to needs and passions, through self control.” (Abu-Lughod, 116) These make it where the strict rules of the society are not just known but enforced with a strong hand so that the men can be viewed in a high regard. The women however, gain respect through deferring to the men and showing obedience with the same type of restraint in regards to there want and desires. Although the women can gain respect they are not viewed as equals to the men. “The unequivocal purity of maleness per se is clear: even a nonpraying boy is more pure than a praying, nonmenstruating woman.” (Abu-Lughod, 132) These rigid rules are enforced by the men who are expected to show no emotion in all he does including leading his dependents. The men are allowed and even encouraged to beat their wives if the

This is demonstrated in Surah four, which states, “You people! Fear your lord, who created you from a single soul. From that soul He created its spouse and through them He bestrewed the earth with countless men and women.” (pg. 50) The fact that men and women originated from the same soul begs the question as to why women are inferior to their spiritual counter-parts. In Christianity, women are made from Man’s rib, which could allow for some sort of inferiority complex between man and woman because woman are thought to only be a piece of the “original” male body that God created. However, women are not thought of as this tremendously inferior throughout their spiritual tradition, but there is still some resemblance of inferiority within the actual church. Islam preaches that even though the two are created from the same undeniably holy soul that one must obey the other without question. This fundamental truth contradicts the statuses of man and woman because their souls are equal, but they are not. It is thought of in most religions that our soul is the purest most holy part of our existence, so believing that Islam is one of the world’s largest religions, it is hard to fathom why women are forced to be so obedient to man. However, this could also be an earlier revelation of Muhammad, or perhaps like the bible’s new testament, it was a

The first stereotype throughout Muslim religion is the oppression of women. There is still many people out there that believe men and women’s rights differ. We are now living in the 21st century where that is not an issue, especially not for Muslims. There is multiple female political leaders and the Quran could vindicate this. The belief is that men and women have equal rights and obligations as well as an equal relationship with one another. Allah has a system of laws to support harmonious interactions between the sexes “…and among His signs is that He created for you mates from among yourselves that you may live in tranquility with them, and He has put love and mercy between you; Verily, in that are signs for people who reflect” (Surah 30:21).

As a woman, I have witnessed the progress that American women have made and continue to make, in fighting for women's basic human rights. However, the road has been far more difficult for Muslim women in the Middle East. Muslim women in the Middle East are currently being oppressed. They don’t have the liberty to freedom of speech, and choice of marital status/marital spouse. They are also prone to violent crimes, and sexual assault. All under a systematic government that is dedicated to dominate women. (CNN Wire) The Islamic religion does not oppress women, men within their patriarchal society do.

“Al-Baqara 2:223 ‘Your women are tilt for you (to cultivate) so go to your tilt as ye will, and send (good deeds) before you for your souls, and fear Allah, and know that ye will (one day) meet him. Give Glad tidings to believers, (O Mohammad) ”(Women in Islam). To an ordinary individual or someone who is weak in the islamic faith this verse from Koran makes it seem as if women are inferior. However, this is far from the truth. Verses in the Koran are not definite, so they can be taken into different perspectives. Islam doesn’t oppress women men do. In my opinion verse “Al-Baqara 2:223 refers to women as a mate that Allah made himself for men. There’s also a verse, that states “whatever a man gives a woman, she will multiply”. The Coron

As the Muslim empire grew, the role of women changed as well. Muslim men and women were originally seen as equal. “The prophet’s teachings proclaimed the equality of men and women before God and in Islamic worship.

In Islam women and men are equal in the sight of God in terms of duties as worship, faith, and obligatory

Hateful views on women are contained within the very book Islam is based: the Quran. In 53:27, heathens are described as using female names display how despicable they are: ‘Lo! it is those who disbelieve in the Hereafter who name the angels with the

In Islam, women and men are supposed to be treated as equals. In our class discussion, I kept hearing that women lacked positions of power or that the Qur’an (commentary) is written in high favor to the male rather than female. “ It is not just that the Qur’an has been largely interpreted by men. Nor that the shari’a, which serves as both morality and law, has been socially constructed in history by men. Rather, many of the doctrines, institutions, and

Is Islam oppressive to women? This is the big question that scholars in religious and women’s studies are constantly asking. Religious and women’s studies scholars are always looking at the world’s major religions and questioning how these religions treat women. Even on the personal level, women who belong to a certain religious tradition have to evaluate about how they are treated and if they are going to stay in the religion as in, try to reform it or leave the tradition. This is a common struggle for women around the world. In some countries, Islam isn’t entirely repressive to women, but I think that Saudi Arabia is a major example of how Islam can be used to the extreme oppression of women.

There are passages in the Qur’an that seem to put a man and a women in equal light: “And (as for) the believing men and the believing women, they are guardians of each other; they enjoin good and forbid evil and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, and obey Allah and His Messenger; (as for) these, Allah will show mercy to them; surely Allah is Mighty, Wise”

Muslim society throughout the hundreds of years has regarded ladies as peons. It's been like this since the very beginning. Ladies are dealt with in this estate for various reasons, however all driving back to the Quran. Ladies are viewed as second rate compared to men, are dealt with unreasonably in marriage, and even are abused lawfully, however all are endorsed of in the Quran. It portrays in detail how a ladies is to be dealt with and the way a ladies should treat her better half. The Quran communicates the uniformity of the genders in the accompanying. "What's more, their Lord answereth them, `I won't endure crafted by him among you that worketh, regardless of whether of male or female, to be lost. you one is the issue of the other."(Q 3:195) So while the Qur`an holds crafted by men and ladies in measure up to respect and recognizes that they are totally reliant to their exceptionally presence, They are not viewed as having meet worth as individuals.