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Question about female worth in islam.
February 13, 2013 at 12:06 am
I'm not very familiar with Islam. However, I recently had a small portion of it explained to me by a Muslim woman who goes to the same college as I.
According to her, a woman in Islam is worth 1/2 of a man. (She actually tried to argue that this was proof that Islam respects women. I don't know how she thought that saying women are worth 1/2 of men would help her case. Maybe she assumes that women outside of Islam are worth less than 1/2 of a male?)
At any rate, her English wasn't very good, so it's possible she meant that men and women are considered equal halves by Islam.
Does anyone here know if Islamic texts give any fractions for the worth of women? I will consider it bigoted and horrid unless 1 woman=1 man.
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RE: Question about female worth in islam.
February 13, 2013 at 12:45 am
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RE: Question about female worth in islam.
February 13, 2013 at 1:45 am
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RE: Question about female worth in islam.
February 13, 2013 at 4:43 am
Since we're on this topic, could a muslim explain to me why women have to cover their hair? That's something I have never understood.
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RE: Question about female worth in islam.
February 13, 2013 at 9:57 am
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(February 13, 2013 at 4:43 am)Kayenneh Wrote: Since we're on this topic, could a muslim explain to me why women have to cover their hair? That's something I have never understood.
Blasphemy spread in the early Muslim society & ended up with a group of people accusing the prophet's wife (aisha ; which many people think she was a child) of being a whore.
In the same time, many of the surrounding tribes used to ambush Muslim women.
The covering of the hair & attractive body parts became a requirement for all Muslim women, to prevent blasphemy & rape.
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RE: Question about female worth in islam.
February 13, 2013 at 10:04 am
(February 13, 2013 at 9:57 am)AtlasS Wrote: (February 13, 2013 at 4:43 am)Kayenneh Wrote: Since we're on this topic, could a muslim explain to me why women have to cover their hair? That's something I have never understood.
Blasphemy spread in the early Muslim society & ended up with a group of people accusing the prophet's wife (aisha ; which many people think she was a child) of being a whore.
In the same time, many of the surrounding tribes used to ambush Muslim women.
The covering of the hair & attractive body parts became a requirement for all Muslim women, to prevent blasphemy & rape.
Aisha was not a child? How old was she then when they met?
Anyway...in other words if a woman has not covered up her hair and attractive body parts (you know that's subjective, don't you?), she shouldn't be suprised if she gets raped sooner or later? Or is it just a tradition?
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RE: Question about female worth in islam.
February 13, 2013 at 10:31 am
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(February 13, 2013 at 10:04 am)Dee Dee Ramone Wrote: Aisha was not a child? How old was she then when they met?
Anyway...in other words if a woman has not covered up her hair and attractive body parts (you know that's subjective, don't you?), she shouldn't be suprised if she gets raped sooner or later? Or is it just a tradition?
The external sources which Muslims use to indicate details about the prophet's life aren't accurate, nobody knows.
No, actually the penalty of rape & blasphemy stays either she was covering herself or not. As long as the penalty stays, the act is not justified.
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February 13, 2013 at 10:48 am
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RE: Question about female worth in islam.
February 13, 2013 at 10:49 am
(February 13, 2013 at 10:31 am)AtlasS Wrote: (February 13, 2013 at 10:04 am)Dee Dee Ramone Wrote: Anyway...in other words if a woman has not covered up her hair and attractive body parts (you know that's subjective, don't you?), she shouldn't be suprised if she gets raped sooner or later? Or is it just a tradition?
No, actually the penalty of rape & blasphemy stays either she was covering herself or not. As long as the penalty stays, the act is not justified.
So, if a lady doesn't cover herself properly...and then she gets raped...both the rapist and the lady will be punished (blasphemy, right?).
Where are the punishments described?
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