Women in Islam
Get over this myth that women are in any way belittled in Islam. Facilitating ease and honor for women always remained a priority in Islam, restored to women their rightly deserved honour & dignity in society, it declared them equal companions to men in all respects, it gave them share in property, gave them right to divorce, encouraged remarriage of widows, right to earn, right to learn at a time (14 centuries ago!) when a girl child was buried alive for no other reason than their unjust preference for a male child.
The Qur'an put a stop to the practice of female infanticide. Read the following beautiful verse:
"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 does he hide himself from his people because of the bad news he has had! Shall he retain her on contempt or bury her in the dust? Ah! what an evil they decide on?" (Qur'an 16:59).
Now compare with the Bible:
"The birth of a daughter is a loss" (Ecclesiasticus 22:3).
The Quran tells us that man and women are created from ONE SOUL. Does the Bible say that man and women are created from one soul? No, the Bible says in 1 Corinthians 11:7 that man is the image and glory of God, while women are the glory of man.
If certain Muslim societies today are denying women their rights, it is despite of Islam's just commands. However, it must be recognised that Men and Women are created in a different but complementary nature by God, so that they act as perfect companions to one another. Hence, their roles & responsibilities vary, but this in no way makes any one of them smaller to the other. More on Women in Islam can be read in the section
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Hijab from a non-muslim perspective
The Woman's Status In Christianity & Islam
Women in Islam versus Judaeo-Christian Tradition The Myth AND The Reality?
Women's Liberation Through Islam
Islam - Elevation of Women's Status
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Why British Women are turning to Islam