This Iranian woman was flogged in public because she went to a wedding without a male-relative escort. Islam must die for what it does to it's women.
Posted on 03/18/2005 7:21:23 PM PST by Land_of_Lincoln_John
Q. I know very little about Islam. Could you please let me know whether Islam approves of slavery? Does Islam consider women inferior to men? Why cannot a woman go on pilgrimage without having a man relative? Doesn’t this indicate discrimination?
Sayem
A. We can say for certain that Islam does not approve of slavery. When Islam was revealed, slavery was a very common practice in all human societies. Islamic legislation includes a variety of ways to ensure the reduction and eventual eradication of slavery. But this was to come gradually as Muslim society developed. There was an important reason for that, which is to help slaves cope with their new status. Had Islam issued an order to free all slaves straightaway, that would have created social chaos, as many would not have been able to cope. This happened in the US when slavery was abolished by law. Many former slaves went back to their masters to serve them, because they could not earn a living without them. The Islamic approach to the eradication of slavery is a better one. However, it should be said that slavery continued in Muslim society for much longer than what could have been expected because of historical factors. To go into these is beyond the scope of this column.
Islam gives men and women equal status in everything, except where their social roles diverge. In these situations it gives each what is most suitable for them. Indeed Islam takes better care of women than any other social order, including modern Western society. Where Islam differentiates between man and woman, it always gives the woman a more privileged position. Unfortunately women are not treated according to Islamic teachings in most Muslim countries. Therefore, you have different aspects of injustice. This is compounded when the blame is laid at the doorstep of Islam. It is totally untrue.
Islam requires any woman who is traveling on any journey that takes more than one full day, i.e. 24 hours, to be accompanied by a male relative who should be either her husband or a relative she cannot marry, such as her father or brother. This is an aspect of the care Islam takes of women. It is nothing to do with her ability to travel or what she may do when she travels. It is to do with the fact that people encounter difficulties when they travel. To be accompanied by a man ensures that a woman is better taken care of. This is why Islam makes it a condition of travel. It does not apply to the pilgrimage only, but to all travel.
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"Indeed Islam takes better care of women than any other social order, including modern Western society. "
Really? Let's see them do that, and THEN I'll believe the (highly likely) white female apologist for Islam.
Really, I wonder if that includes voting. Or how about holding a job? Maybe the author would like to explain why Shira courts will not take the testimony of a woman who was raped against her attacker? Equal status my ass. Until they stop oppressing 50% of their population they are destined to remain a half-assed society.
How about driving a car?
Acc. to the Koran, women are entitled to only 50% of what a man can get in an inheritance.
Mohammed said,"After me I have not left any affliction more harmful to men than women." Qu'ran 7:33
"as to those women on those part ye fear disloyalty and ill conduct, admonish them,refuse to share their beds and BEAT THEM"...Qu'ran.4/34
The Prophet Muhammad said, "Lying is wrong, except in three things: the lie of a man to his wife to make her content with him; a lie to an enemy, for war is deception; or a lie to settle trouble between people" (Qu'ran, 6.459).
You seem to have forgotten that the woman can only have one husband, while he can have four wives. I guess this is part of that social inequity the author mentioned.
This Iranian woman was flogged in public because she went to a wedding without a male-relative escort. Islam must die for what it does to it's women.
It's amazing how some people manage, time and time again, century after century, to portray a tyrannic, totalitarian 'religous' system as a way to achieve peace, justice and equal opportunity for all.
"The great masses of the people will more easily fall victim to a great lie than to a small one."
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