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jannah
02/08/05 at 17:40:35
slm,

Umm all the above are quite unsubstantial "arguments". In fact, they are quite ridiculous....

Please check out jannah.org/genderequity for a more accurate look of what Islam says about men and women...who by the way are equal in Islam but may have different roles.

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1. Sexual relations during the month of Ramadan - neither men or women are allowed

2. Muslim women cannot marry Muslims - This is true, but this not an inequality there are many reasons and wisdoms for this.

3. Sexual relations during menstruation - Duh??? That's disgusting who would want to do that and why is it considered against women? This is a plus for women and a mercy for them

4. The iddah period after divorce to find out if she is pregnant - Umm?? again this is a plus for the marriage  - everyone knows who's child is who's and her child will be cared for.

5. Inheritance... again this is just complete bias.. See my notes in the Akhwat section about this very subject. The only case where a man will receive double is blood brothers and sisters and in that case the brother is responsible financially for the sister.. and the sister's inheritance is HERS.

6. Instructions against sex crimes - Actually the need for 4 witnesses is a plus for women. For both there is repentance.

7.  Umm Musilm women in Saudi Arabia do mostly cover their face, but  the one's who don't are not subject to great harassment? I've been there and never wore niqab. Secondly the statement "segregation of the sexes is absolute in all walks of life" is ridiculous.  I mean at least try to be somewhat factual.

"This shows that women in Islam are unequal to men? "
This actually shows that the author is completely uneducated on the subject of Muslim women. The above is the usual mantra orientalists use but on a more elementary school level. I mean come on.. can't they come up with anything better than taking things ouf of context, prejudice and quite plainly, lies??





02/08/05 at 17:42:03
jannah
Re: Women in Islam
Ember
02/09/05 at 11:32:45
Marriage of Muslims to nonbelievers???
Note that the muslim men ARE allowed to marry the women of the people of the book (i.e Jews and Christians) due to their belief in the one God etc. But it is not encouraged. So your statement that the Islamic law does not allow the men or women to marry outside the faith is made in error.

Sexua l relations during a woman's menstruation???
I am certain that besides the 'ewww" factor, the health issues alone would be a good answer for this question.

After a man divorces a woman???
To which do you object? The man caring to find out if his wife is pregnant before leaving EVEN after the divorce? Him providing for her and the child if she is? or ...

Muslim women in Saudi Arabia ???
I was raised in Saudi Arabia. Lived and travelled to a number of cities there. I still have family there. None of my family members cover their faces. We have never spoken of great harrassment  or any, actually. When I visited Malawi ( a christian country), they had a dress code. If women wore skirts that were too short the cops would take her identification number, hand a her a dirty cloth to wrap around her. Tell her to go home, change into something long (could not be a trouser with a short top, since this was not allowed too) and return to the pollice station to return the dirty cloth and pay a small fine. I did not remember people calling it great harrassment  there. They called it the laws of the country.
In Saudi Arabia. The law asks a woman to have her body and hair covered. Its a dress code. The women there don't complain about it. If the expats there don't like it, the Saudi government does not try to force them to remain in the country to be subjected to such great harrassment.
I remember an incident when I was there during the Gulf war. female US military personel were seen walking through the cities in micro shorts, and tiny tank tops etc. As expected the religious police told her that she can't walk around dressed like that. She pulled out her gun and told him to go away. It might be different from your culture but the way that others are expected to obey all the rules and regulations in your countries. I am sure that it would not greatly harm you to show SOME respect for their rules and regulations.


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