Women rights in Islam

[Muslim Scholar]

Yes, this is regarding financial and political issues
It has two purposes
1- to keep women a bit away from those issues
2- Because women don't think the same as men (usually more emotional)

Do you think that this point is an important issue for you (as a women) or it is only the matter of equality that you consider.

I do see it as an important issue. Mostly because you use it as justification for your two points above. I disagree with that. There is no reason women can't be in a political or financial situation. While I agree that woman and men don't think the same, I disagree that it is more emotionally. It is just different. Different isn't wrong it is just different.

You may agree or not, but there are many facts supporting that women and men should be treated differently
(These are not proofs but very strong supporting evidences)

Many women (even in the western world) are discussing Motherhood vs. career; have you ever hear about men discussing the same????
It is because God created women more suitable to raise young children and care about home
The Islamic system is consistent with this view by obligating men to support women; it will be unfair to make women work and the same time care about children, or on the other side to make men and women equal in staying at home with children

Women are created physically less strong than men, men are usually more suitable for hard work outside home.
do you think that the Olympics should not separate women and men in different competitions?

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Men are allowed to FORCE their wives to have intercourse without their consent (what we in Australia view as RAPE).

Not allowed in Islam

Women's testimony is not equal in court.

Yes, in political and financial issues.
Women are not allowed to be presidents in Islam as well.

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Sorry but you are mistaken
There is no restriction in Islam about work, education or speech.

I beg to differ. I happen to know for a fact that in Islam, women are resricted when it comes to employment. A husband can stop his wife from working if he feels it could cause her to neglect her role as a wife and/or mother, or even if they are financially stable and he decides they don't need her to work. I also know he can restrict her to jobs where she can only work from home. So don't give me that shit, I know a lot about Islam. The fact that very few Muslims (in my country at least) actually impose these restrictions only goes to show how stupid they [the restrictions] actually are.

Islam itself doesn't restrict women from work
However men are the manager of the house (in case of marriage)
He can restrict her from something, but if she totally disagree she can ask divorce.

Marriage in Islam is like to be employed by a company where man is the boss, if you don't like it you two options
either to divorce
or
to set conditions (before marriage) that you are allowed to work or educate or whatever.
then man is to agree on the condition and complete the marriage or not.

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It gives husbands the right to beat their wives if they fear rebellion from their wives.

Yes, so we put 1 point for Men

Men 1
Women 0

I think being able to admonish someone then beat, scourge, strike someone, whenever you fear rebellion from them is a bit more than a 1-0 advantage.
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Beating wives is much less between Muslims than others
Islam restrict beating a wife to something like spanking to real beatings.