How can Western politicians and journalists such as Deborrah Orr, Melanie Philips, and Polly Toynbee accuse Islam of making the woman inferior to the man? Do they not know that: 1.While European thinkers such as Rouseau and Voltaire were still arguing in the 18th century that women did not have the same intellect as men – Islam, in the 7th century defined the man and woman’s intellect and worth as the same because they were created from one soul. 2.While women in secular states had to chain themselves to railings to secure basic rights such as the vote and right to voice their political opinions, Islam obliged women 1400 years ago to be active politically and gave them the vote. 3.While women in the US and Europe struggled for access to higher education, the history of the Islamic Khilafah is flooded with examples of 1000’s of female scholars, held in high esteem for the level of their knowledge, who would lecture in the main mosques, colleges or universities of the time. 4. Umm al-Darda 7th centruy in Damascus – lectured on hadith and fiqh at one of the main mosques – her students included the Caliph of Damascus; Nafisa bint Hasan 9th century – scholar in Egypt – Imam Shafi would sit in her circle in al-Fustat to learn fiqh when he was at the height of his fame; Sheikha Shuhda 12th century – lectured in one of the main mosques of Baghdad – capital of state and like a university – and taught Imam Bukhari. While the phrase “Women’s Rights” was still a dirty word in the vocabulary of Western Secular states till the 19th century, Islam 1400 years ago raised the status of the woman in society from being the possession of men, insignificant in society to a human being with her own rights and identity, an equal citizen to the man in educational, economic, and political rights. So for women’s rights and women’s liberation from men one should really look up to Islam for the answers. Women against oppression - Liberation through Islam
Posted on: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 09:36:42 +0000
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