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| Anonymous |
| 10/02/01 at 14:16:58 |
| Can someone please help? I read somewhere in the Quran about putting baby girls in the ground while they are still breathing. I wanted to go back and read more around it to figure out what is was talking about, but now I cannot find where I was at. Does anyone know where that is? Also, could someone help explain that to me? Thank you. |
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| jannah |
| 10/02/01 at 15:45:27 |
| The practice of female infanticide was common in pre-islamic Arabia. The Qur'an ended the cruel pre-Islamic practice of female infanticide, wa'd: When the female (infant) buried alive is questioned for what crime she was killed.... (Qur'an 81:8-9) 2. The Qur'an went further to rebuke the unwelcoming attitude of some parents upon hearing the news of the birth of a baby girl, instead of a baby boy: When news is brought to one of them of (the birth of) a female (child), his face darkens and he is filled with inward grief! With shame he hides himself from his people because of the bad news he has had! Shall he retain her on (sufferance and) contempt or bury her in the dust? Ah! what an evil (choice) they decide on! (Qur'an 16:58-59) Info from Gender Equity in Islam [url]http://www.jannah.org/genderequity[/url] |
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