Why are people so gullible.....?
Im am always hearing that in Islam women are severely oppressed. Why cant people say in parts of the Middle East some women are severely oppressed? Why do people always have to bring religion into it, as opposed to culture? Do people really think the Quran says women shouldnt drive?Seriously? Also there is nothing in the Quran that says women should cover their faces, because it is cultural. You rarely see women in Burkas in Turkey, Indonesia or in the UAE, Nigeria or any predominately Muslim countries outside of the Middle East, and women are allowed to drive every where else. Why cant people understand that the Middle East is a male dominated society because of their culture instead of Islam?? In a truly Islamic society women have the following rights in Islam: -The right and duty to obtain education. -The right to have their own independent property. -The right to work to earn money if they need it or want it. -Equality of reward for equal deeds. -The right to participate fully in public life and have their voices heard by those in power. -The right to provisions from the husband for all her needs and more. -The right to negotiate marriage terms of her choice. -The right to obtain divorce from her husband, even on the grounds that she simply can't stand him. -The right to keep all her own money (she is not responsible to maintain any relations). - The right to get sexual satisfaction from her husband. and more... Women are equal to men in the sight of God but they have in some respects different roles in life to men because of their different natures. They differ psychologically, physiologically, and biologically from men. This makes them more suitable than men for certain responsibilities and less suitable than men for others. Islam recognizes these differences. Your thoughts? Why blame Islam, instead of blaming culture? Also dont forget in America women were also oppressed up until the war. They werent allowed to drive, work or vote.....but u wouldnt blame Christianity would u? The rights to Muslim women were very progressive for the time, and the same rights were not granted to women till the 1900s! Islam actually elevated the status of women. Google it!!!
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Im a Christian and I completely agree with you. I think people are just ignorant and misinformed.
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You are right of course. I live in Malaysia and the women here are as free (and as lovely) as any. Unfortunately there is a war on several fronts being played out by certain Western Nations against the Islamic Nations at the moment and the media has sought to misinform the populace and vilify Islam to promote hatred. From what I have heard from people back home in the UK and elsewhere in the West, the propoganda machine is working very well. I guess that similar things are happening in Muslim countries too. I am an atheist and I find the way that organised religion works, hand in hand with government and the media at controlling the flock and leading them into war, to be absolutely abhorrent.
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The culture is a product of religious interpretation. There is only one Quran, but there are many interpretations. When fundamentalist interpretations have power the result is an oppressive culture.
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For a million years or so women ruled, but then men discovered how children were created and they forced their rule over women, and except for the Celtic empire women have been culturally and religiously denigrated since then. Islam allows women to divorce but then men can accuse her of adultery and she is immediately stoned to death. Is that culture or religion.
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That is informative and true. People who fear others will attribute many untruths about the people they fear. I imagine it for them excuses their fear and loathing.
