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    The women right movements are nothing but the resource of creating more women related issues in different societies. Every women even in the Islamic world have many differences. The difference in cultural and social backgrounds and sometimes within the same culture women have different economical background which make the huge difference. In Islamic world some Muslim women get influenced by the western culture and thinks that the taking of the veil and running away from home will gives them freedom

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    Most Islamic women would agree that they are one of the most oppressed groups of people in the world. This is because of the way they are treated and the strict laws that they must follow. The Islamic woman in the picture stands for all women in Islamic countries and emphasizes the oppression they face is unacceptable by raising awareness to the problem. As this problem became well known, the International Society of Human Rights has been trying to stop the oppression of women in Islamic countries

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    Church, women have had the choice of ordination since the 20th century. Numbers of women becoming ordained are continuing to rise in the Protestant Church and other churches that allow it such as The American Baptist Church, Assemblies of God, Christian Science, and The Episcopal Church. In denominations outside of the United States, circumstances are very different in terms of a woman’s place in society. In Islam, where the dominating religion is Muslim, women are very confined. The women are able

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    Treatment of Islamic Women Throughout the history of Islam, muslim women have been oppressed and treated unequally in marriage, in court, and in society. Difficulty through marriage for Muslim women can come from age, divorce, and having to be subservient to their husbands. Not only is there difficulty in marriage, but also in the unequal treatment in the islamic justice systems, such as when “evidence given by a female witness counts for half that given by a man” (Dargie 22). Although the societies

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    The Truth About Islamic Women Does Islam respect women? “Moreover, evil omen is in three things: The horse, the woman and the house." -Muhammad. Both Muslims and non-Muslims assert that Muhammad has been misunderstood and was not so much of a misogynist as this statement suggests though according to the Qur'an "There is still a hierarchy: Women shall with justice have rights similar to those exercised against them, although men have a status above women." Considering these conflicting statements

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    French women should not feel like a stranger, or like they do not belong in the one place they call home. When hearing about the burkini ban sadly it did not come as a surprise that something this outrageous could happen. The french has had laws that discourage their woman dating back to 1905. They have a stigma that proud muslim people who not afraid to wear their bikinis are associated with terrorism. When hearing about cases where people of a country are shunned away by their own people it is

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    When you see a Muslim woman walking on the street, it is very obvious what her religion is. The religion which Muslims follow, Islam, mandates that women must cover their hair in order to maintain their modesty. This concept has been practiced by Muslim women for hundreds of years and the freedom of religion is a fundamental component in our constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms. However, this practice has not found a place in many Western societies. Prejudice and stereotypical views abound

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    Islamic Women in the Middle Ages Introduction The life of Islamic women during the mediaeval era or in the middle ages was characterized by diverse cultural circumstances and unique physiognomies that contributed to their perceived invisibility in the Islamic society that is seemingly male-dominated. Indeed, the religious Islamic law, founded Prophet Mohammed, and other laws in Islam influenced Islamic women’s role in matters appertaining many cultural practices. Examples include matters relating

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    of these rules separate the women from the men or the children from the adults by creating certain duties for each individual. There are many comparisons between the women of Islamic and Roman societies. The roles that are given to these two groups of women show what is expected of them as a wife, the mother of the family, and where they stand politically. Islamic women are allowed to make decisions on their own when it comes to marriage. According to Islamic Law, a woman is granted the

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    western travelers who brought back stories of their visits to Islamic countries. As this was the seventeenth century, women were not highly regarded, and it was solely male travelers who were able to visit these countries, and recount their stories. As they would travel to the Islamic countries, they had very limited access to Muslim women, and only got to converse with and observe the men, leaving their interpretations of the Islamic society as biased. Therefore, the travelers told their stories

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