Women's Rights in Islam
Islam is the sole religion that gave women her rights, these are so many an=
d recorded in the Quran verses and the traditional sayings of the prophet, =
these rights are condensed in points here as holy texts, if all written, wi=
ll take many pages.
Equality between man and women
Islam acquits Eve from the original Sin which lived through generatio=
n and women have to bear it. In Quran God has remitted this sin the moment =
it was committed. =20
Women have the same spiritual status as men in the eye of God.
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Female Embryo's rights
A female embryo, like a male embryo, should be guarded against heredi=
tary disease.
Females' rights in infantry=20
While in other religions the birth of a female is not always welcome,=
the birth of a female is celebrated in Islam.
Females like males should be given beautiful names.
Females like males are to be given love while still children without =
any preference of one sex over another as stated in the prophet's hadith.
Islam is against denigrating females in any way especially killing th=
em during their infantry- an old custom practiced by the pagan Arabs.=20
Rights of Females over Parents=20
Females are to receive the due care and be brought up in the best way=
( God's reward for this is shielding parents against the hellfire and rais=
ing their ranks high up to that of the prophet as stated in the hadiths). E=
ven Female slaves are to be taught, this is doubly rewarded by God.
Teaching females is mandatory in Islam.
A female(married or unmarried) has the right to inherit her father, m=
other, husband , her children, sisters and daughters( Note that Females in =
Judeo-Christianity inherit only from their parents in case no brothers are =
found)=20
A female is not to be killed in wars.
A female chastity is to be given high care.
Parents should not favor sons over daughters
A woman has the right to argue with men even with the prophet himself=
.
Women are equal to men as stated in the hadith" Women are sisters to =
men."
A woman, just like a man, can give someone the right of refuge and se=
curity among the Muslims.
Rights of Wives
A female has the right to choose her husband.
A wife has the right to manage her property and the husband should no=
t take any of her property.
A wife is not responsible for spending on her family, it is not allow=
ed for a husband to take a penny from her property.
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A wife has the full right to her dowry ( The husband is not to take a=
ny from it )
A wife can divorce herself if she doesn't like her husband.
A husband is responsible for feeding, dwelling, taking the utmost car=
e of his wife to the extent that raising a piece of bread to a wife's mouth=
will be rewarded by God)
A wife should be given her full right in bed and even such an act is =
rewarded by God because the husband and the wife are sinners if they commit=
adultery.
During menses, contrary to the holy Book, a woman can live among her =
family members and whoever touches her remains clean.
The best among the Muslims are those who are good to their wives.
As a Mother
To show how important is the obedience of mothers the prophet says "p=
aradise is under the feet of mothers."
Though both the father and the mother are to be given the utmost care=
, a mother should be always at the top priority.
Mothers should always be given due care from her children
A son must not prefer his wife to his mother under any circumstances.
A Muslim should ask for his parent permission before joining the Musl=
im army, which is engaged in fighting.
Caring about parents is more preferred to fighting in the cause of Go=
d, if they are old and need care.
A mother, like father, is to be given the utmost care and be obeyed e=
ven if she is not a Muslim.
The rights of the divorced woman in Islam
The Faith of Islam has ordained certain financial and social obligati=
ons in the event of divorce, so as to discourage people from resorting to i=
t.
Islam ordains that when a man divorces his wife, he must pay her the =
delayed dowry agreed upon in the marriage contract, in addition to the expe=
nse of her maintenance of food, drink and living quarters for a certain per=
iod of time, known as the " iddat ".
The custody of the children is granted to the mother until they grow =
up. In the event of her death or inability to look after her children, the =
custody of her children is granted to her relations.
The husband is legally and religiously charged with his children's fi=
nancial maintenance, and for wet nurses to breast feed them even if their m=
other breast feeds them herself, as is stated in the following Quranic vers=
e "And if they suckle your (offspring) give them their recompense "[1][12]
Rights of a widow
The whole of the Islamic society is responsible for financing her.
Widows are protected in Islam from their in-laws, but are forced and =
not protected in the Bible's NT and OT
As a widow
Allah (Glory be to Him) says in a Divine Hadith: "I only accept Salah=
from those who do it humbly to My Glory those who spend the day in mention=
ing me, and takes care of widows, the needy, and the wayfarer."
Dead mothers
Her children are to ask Allah for remitting her sins and ask Allah to=
have mercy on her.
Her children are to honor her relatives and friends.
Children can do righteous acts for them ( optional)
After one's mother dies, it is Sunnah to fulfill any vows that she ha=
d made, and to give charity and perform Hajj and 'Umrah on her behalf.
After she dies, it is also Sunnah to honour her by maintaining ties w=
ith those whom she used to keep in touch with, such as her relatives and fr=
iends.
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Thank you
How about a little history?
Most Americans are unaware of the fact that over two hundred years ago,
the United States had declared war on Islam, and Thomas Jefferson led
the charge!
At the height of the eighteenth century, Muslim pirates were the terror
of the Mediterranean and a large area of the North Atlantic.
They attacked every ship in sight, and held the crews for exorbitant
ransoms. Those taken hostage were subjected to barbaric treatment and
wrote heart breaking letters home, begging their government and family
members to pay whatever their Mohammedan captors demanded.
These extortionists of the high seas represented the Islamic nations of
Tripoli, Tunis, Morocco, and Algiers collectively referred to as the
Barbary Coast and presented a dangerous and unprovoked threat to the
new American Republic!
Before the Revolutionary War, U.S. merchant ships had been under the
protection of Great Britain. When the U.S. declared its independence
and entered into war, the ships of the United States were protected by
France.
However, once the war was won, America had to protect its own fleets.
Thus, the birth of the U.S. Navy.
Beginning in1784, seventeen years before he would become president,
Thomas Jefferson became Americas Minister to France. That same year,
the U.S. Congress sought to appease its Muslim adversaries by following
in the footsteps of European nations who paid bribes to the Barbary
States, rather than engaging them in war.
In July of 1785, Algerian pirates captured American ships, and the Dey
of Algiers demanded an unheard-of ransom of $60,000. It was a plain
and simple case of extortion, and Thomas Jefferson was vehemently
opposed to any further payments. Instead, he proposed to Congress the
formation of a coalition of allied nations who together could force the
Islamic states into peace. A disinterested Congress decided to pay the
ransom.
In 1786, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams met with Tripolis ambassador
to Great Britain to ask by what right his nation attacked American
ships and enslaved American citizens, and why Muslims held so much
hostility towards America, a nation with which they had no previous
contacts.
The two future presidents reported that Ambassador Sidi Haji Abdul
Rahman Adja had answered that Islam "was founded on the Laws of their
Prophet, that it was written in their Quran, that all nations who
should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was
their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be
found, and to make slaves of all they could take as Prisoners, and that
every Musselman (Muslim) who should be slain in Battle was sure to go
to Paradise.
Despite this stunning admission of premeditated violence on non-Muslim
nations, as well as the objections of many notable American leaders,
including George Washington, who warned that caving in was both wrong
and would only further embolden the enemy, for the following fifteen
years, the American government paid the Muslims millions of dollars
for the safe passage of American ships or the return of American
hostages.
The payments in ransom and tribute amounted to over twenty percent of
the United States government annual revenues in 1800. Jefferson was
disgusted. Shortly after his being sworn in as the third President of
the United States in 1801, the Pasha of Tripoli sent him a note
demanding the immediate payment of $225,000 plus $25,000 a year for
every year forthcoming. That changed everything. Jefferson let the
Pasha know, in no uncertain terms, what he could do with his demand.
The Pasha responded by cutting down the flagpole at the American
consulate and declared war on the United States. Tunis, Morocco, and
Algiers immediately followed suit. Jefferson, until now, had been
against America raising a naval force for anything beyond coastal
defense, but having watched his nation be cowed by Islamic thuggery for
long enough, decided that it was finally time to meet force with force.
He dispatched a squadron of frigates to the Mediterranean and taught
the Muslim nations of the Barbary Coast a lesson he hoped they would
never forget.
Congress authorized Jefferson to empower U.S. ships to seize all
vessels and goods of the Pasha of Tripoli and to cause to be done all
other acts of precaution or hostility as the state of war would
justify.
When Algiers and Tunis, who were both accustomed to American cowardice
and acquiescence, saw the newly independent United States had both the
will and the might to strike back, they quickly abandoned their
allegiance to Tripoli.
The war with Tripoli lasted for four more years, and raged up again in
1815. The bravery of the U.S. Marine Corps in these wars led to the
line to the shores of Tripoli in the Marine Hymn, They would
forever be known as leathernecks for the leather collars of their
uniforms, designed to prevent their heads from being cut off by the
Muslim scimitars when boarding enemy ships.
Islam, and what its Barbary followers justified doing in the name of
their prophet and their god, disturbed Jefferson quite deeply. America
had a tradition of religious tolerance, the fact that Jefferson,
himself, had co-authored the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom,
but fundamentalist Islam was like no other religion the world had ever
seen. A religion based on supremacism, whose holy book not only
condoned but mandated violence against unbelievers was unacceptable to
him.
His greatest fear was that someday this brand of Islam would return and
pose an even greater threat to the United States!
This should bother every American. That the Islams have brought about
women-only classes and swimming times at taxpayer-funded universities
and public pools; that Christians, Jews, and Hindus have been banned
from serving on juries where Muslim defendants are being judged, Piggy
banks and Porky Pig tissue dispensers have been banned from workplaces
because they offend Islamist sensibilities.
Ice cream has been discontinued at certain Burger King locations
because the picture on the wrapper looks similar to the Arabic script
for Allah, public schools are pulling pork from their menus, on and on
in the news papers
.
Its death by a thousand cuts, or inch-by-inch as some refer to it, and
most Americans have no idea that this battle is being waged every day
across America. By not fighting back, by allowing groups to
obfuscate what is really happening, and not insisting that the
Islamists adapt to our own culture, the United States is cutting its
own throat with a politically correct knife, and helping to further the
Islamists agenda.
Sadly, it appears that todays America would rather be politically
correct than victorious.
Any doubts, just Google Thomas Jefferson vs the Muslim World