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Women’s rights in Islam – Alaa Murabit

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Alaa Murabit’s family moved from Canada to Libya when she was 15. Before, she’d felt equal to her brothers, but in this new environment she sensed big prohibitions on what she could accomplish. As a proud Muslim woman, she wondered: was this really religious doctrine? With humor, passion and a refreshingly rebellious spirt, she shares how she discovered examples of female leaders from across the history of her faith — and how she launched a campaign to fight for women’s rights using verses directly from the Quran. Courtesy: Ted Talk Continue reading Women’s rights in Islam – Alaa Murabit

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Women and Islam

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In Islam, men and women are moral equals in God’s sight and are expected to fulfill the same duties of worship, prayer, faith, almsgiving, fasting, and pilgrimage to Mecca. Islam generally improved the status of women compared to earlier Arab cultures, prohibiting female infanticide and recognizing women’s full personhood. Islamic law emphasizes the contractual nature of marriage, requiring that a dowry be paid to the woman rather than to her family, and guaranteeing women’s rights of inheritance and to own and manage property. Women were also granted the right to live in the matrimonial home and receive financial maintainance during … Continue reading Women and Islam

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اسلام میں عورت کا مقام اور کر دار

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حسینہ عارف کاظمی خواتین انسانی معاشرے کا ایک لازمی اور قابل احترام کردار ہیں۔ جبکہ زمانہ جاہلیت میں جزیرۃ العرب میں عورت کے لئے کوئی قابل ذکر حقوق نہ تھے، عورت کی حیثیت کو ماننا تو درکنار اسکومعاشرے میں زندہ بھی رہنے کاحق تک نہ تھا، معاشرے میں عورت کا مرتبہ و مقام ناپسندیدہ تھا، وہ مظلوم اور ستائی ہوئی تھی، اور ہر قسم کی بڑائی اور فضیلت صرف مردوں کے لئے تھی۔ حتی کہ عام معاملات زندگی میں بھی مرد اچھی چیزیں خود رکھ لیتے اور بے کارچیزیں عورتوں کو دیتے، زمانہ جاہلیت کے لوگوں کے اس طرزِ عمل … Continue reading اسلام میں عورت کا مقام اور کر دار