does islam support politics involvement by women
216822
Many Muslims (both men and women) will say Islam does not allow women to be involved in politics.\n\nThis is false. Here is some of the reason why:\n\n"The leader of an Islamic state is confirmed by the people through a process known as bai’ah; a symbolic contract between the leader and the people wherein the leader promises to obey Islamic law and the people, in exchange, promise their allegiance. ...\n\n" In early Islam women were included in the giving of the bai’ah. Prophet Muhammad received the bai’ah from the people. The Quran addresses the issue of women giving the bai’ah to Prophet Muhammad and God tells Muhammad to accept the pledge of the women. "O Prophet! Whenever believing women come unto thee to pledge their allegiance to thee...then accept their pledge of allegiance.""\n\n...\n\n"In addition to participation in the electoral process, women have also been involved in political activities. These activities appear to be sanctioned by Islamic law. In Islam, community decisions must be made through a process of consultation (shura). The Quran, in describing the qualifications of true believers, states "...and whose rule in all matters of common concern is consultation among themselves." (Quran 42:38). "\n\nPlease go to the website I listed in the sources. It has much more information on women and politics in Islam. This is where I got the information I posted here for you.
90673
If the husband is a righteous man, he'll lead his wife (household) in the right direction.  You TOTALLY took 1 Corinthians 7:4 out of context to build your case.  The WHOLE verse reads, "A wife does not have authority over her own body, but rather her husband, and similarly a husband does not have authority over his own body, but rather his wife."\nYou're not being racist.  You're misusing that term.  Islam, Christianity, and Judaism are all religions, not races (although there is a Jewish race).  Plenty of people consider Christianity to be "anti-women," and they're just as misinformed as they are about Islam.  I think it's important to note that in predominantly Christian nations, women have the right to vote and LEAVE THE HOUSE.  In many predominantly Muslim nations, that's not always the case.  I think this has more to do with the men, however, than the religion itself.
191663
Yup, that's true!\nhttp://www.anwary-islam.com/women/pwife_aisha.htm  from one of their own sites.
112798
You are aksing to many questions at one time..\n--Burkha is traditional cloth in Afghanistan, has nothing to do with Islam.\n--Muslim woman don't carry any sign when they are married.\n--JIHAD is fight against enemies attacking Muslim land.\n--In India the fight between Muslims and Hindus has a political background . Please study the dates when British forces  left India. \n--Muslim women are allowed to go to mosques.\n--You can't find physical form of God in jewish and muslim\nbelieves. \n--Shias and sunnis are sects of Islam. The fight between them ,again, has nothing to do with religion. purely political.\n--Again this is just  a traditon in some countries. \n--It should be done at young age.Otherwise it is a critical operation for health.\n--Muslims are human beings like all over the world.They are as peculiar as other people, not more, not less.
630416
Religion and politics don't mix.  One is "man's" law, and the other is man's interrpretation of God's (or whomever's) law.
465258
There is no obsession with female chastity in Islam. True you are to remain a virgin till you are married but that is for men and women. There are several reasons for this, but Islam is not the only religion that promotes staying a virgin till marriage. And as for walking several paces behind there husbands this is a cultural thing, I bet the people you see doing it are either Indian or Pakistani Muslims (not that im saying all are like that ). I walk with my husband taking his arm or holding his hand. I'm a British Muslim, and my husband is an Arab. There are many women out there oppressed and in abusive marriages, that aren't aloud to leave the house without there husband, who are beaten, who are prisoners in there own homes and they are not of any religious denomination at all.  So yes you are wrong to link them to Islamic culture, but they do occur in Islam just like in christian, Jewish, Catholic, Protestant and atheist homes and men who are bullies and women oppressors come from all walks of life, all religions, all countries, all cultures. In Islam women are repected and treated like gold by there husbands, in our homes its the husbands islamic dutie to help 50/50. I for one have never felt more safe and respected. Full face veils are worn by choice there is nothing in Islam that says you have to cover your face and the small percentage of women who do, do so by choice, they do it for God not there husbands.
98953
As a general rule, women don't tend to feel the need for power like men do. I would welcome more women in politics. I noticed you mentioned the Bible here. There are a few good books that were edited out of the King James version, the most notable being the Gospel of Mary. Again, it was a male power issue. Mary was the disciple Jesus loved best of all. After the departure of Jesus, within the text, in Mary has been placed the authority of the church. That was unacceptable to the alpha-male dominated church. \n\nIt wasn't until 1920 that women even got the right to vote with AMENDMENT XIX to the Constitution. That gave them 150 years of male dominated government to overcome. It wasn't until the 1990s that the got the right to fight to defend their country.\n\nAfter being repressed for so many years, women need to rise up and fight. But keep in mind, issues are more important than party or sex, at least to most THINKING people.\n\nJust as an aside: There was a story on Good Morning America this morning about the first female Blue Angel pilot. They said they chose her based on her ability and not her sex. This bodes well...
307767
And women shall have rights similar to the rights against them, according to what is equitable; but man have a degree (of advantage as in some cases of inheritance) over them \n\n(Qur’an 2:228)\n\nMuslim religion is not considered bad, its only media reports that spreads such wrong impressions. Its totally false based on the reports of people embrassing Islam. The latest of them is women media reported from UK, captured by Talibaan just before US attacked AFGHANISTAN, spent few weeks in their custody, released and willingly accepted Islam Yuvon Yardly. If muslims are bad and Islam is bad, why she left her Christianity and accepted Islam ?\nsecond and third questions are on women in Islam - the following article gives you the position of women Islam.\nThe Status of Woman in Islam\n\nBy Hammuda Abdul-Ati, PH.D. from "Islam in focus"\n\nThe status of woman in Islam constitutes no problem. The attitude of the Qur'an and the early Muslims bear witness to the fact that woman is, at least, as vital to life as man himself, and that she is not inferior to him nor is she one of the lower species. Had it not been for the impact of foreign cultures and alien influences, this question would have never arisen among the Muslims. The status of woman was taken for granted to be equal to that of man. It was a matter of course, a matter of fact, and no one, then, considered it as a problem at all.\n\nIn order to understand what Islam has established for woman, there is no need to deplore her plight in the pre-Islamic era or in the modern would of today. Islam has given woman rights and privileges, which she has never enjoyed under other religious or constitutional systems. This can be understood when the matter is studied as a whole in a comparative manner, rather than partially. The rights and responsibilities of a woman are equal to those of a man but they are not necessarily identical with them. Equality and sameness are two quite different things. This difference is understandable because man and woman are not identical but they are created equals. With this distinction in mind, There is no problem. It is almost impossible to find even two identical men or women.\n\nThis distinction between equality and sameness is of paramount importance. Equality is desirable, just, fair; but sameness is not. People are not created identical but they are created equals. With this distinction in mind, there is no room to imagine that woman is inferior to man. There is no ground to assume that she is less important than he just because her rights are not identically the same as his. Had her status been identical with his, she would have been simply a duplicate of him, which she is not. The fact that Islam gives her equal rights - but not identical - shows that it takes her into due consideration, acknowledges her, and recognizes her independent personality.\n\nIt is not the tone of Islam that brands woman as the product of the devil or the seed of evil. Nor does the Qur'an place man as the dominant lord of woman who has no choice but to surrender to his dominance. Nor was it Islam that introduced the question of whether or not woman has any soul in her. Never in the history of Islam has any Muslim doubted the human status of woman or her possession of soul and other fine spiritual qualities. Unlike other popular beliefs, Islam does not blame Eve alone for the First Sin. The Qur'an makes it very clear that both Adam and Eve were tempted; that they both sinned; that God's pardon was granted to both after their repentance; and that God addressed them jointly. (2:35-36); 7:19, 27; 20:117-123). In fact the Qur'an gives the impression that Adam was more to blame for that First Sin from which emerged prejudice against woman and suspicion of her deeds. But Islam does not justify such prejudice or suspicion because both Adam and Eve were equally in error, and if we are to blame Eve we should blame Adam as much or even more. \n\nThe sta
458806
i dont really know, but what i do know is that in Pakistan islamic laws at the moment say that if a woman is raped they have to have 4 male witnesses or they are tried for adultry, and they are only considering changing the law now!
142837
Most traditional societies anywhere prefer women to be married and have kids. In my masjid there are single, married, divorced (and staying unmarried), remarried sisters (women). The important thing is the faith. There are divorced women and unmarried women in the middle east. Under Sharia as long as they don't commit Zina (unlawful sex) there is no punishment. And men get punished for that (zina) too. It is not recommended though for a woman to live alone and culturally it may be frowned upon.\n\nDespite what you might see reported in ISLAM All muslims are encouraged to get educated - and particularly if the woman is pursuing eduation or a sucessful career marriage may be delayed (yes even in Saudi Arabia). Those countries that don't accept eduation for women are following their cultural laws above Islam.
666089
most muslim nation don't run their gov. by Sharia . i believe only two muslim countries follow the Sharia.
250453
Politicians used the basis of Islam, a religion, to strengthen their claimed authority.
85499
Though I hesitate to call myself feminist (mostly due to an internal debate over whether a man can truly be a feminist); I do try to uphold some of the beliefs of both the early suffragette movement, and the change in social mores in the 1960s and 1970s. That is, gender (and racial though that is a different topic) equality in matters of politics, socio-economics, and spiritaulity.\n\nAs for reconciling attitudes between my own beliefs and those of the patriarchal religions; quite frankly, I couldn't. Experience with my extended family gave me an extremely biased view of leadership dynamics. Due to my mother's family, I began to tie the presence of strong female influence, leadership and direction to long-term stability and strong ties within a family. This idea was reinforced over the course of three generations: my mother, my mother's mother, my maternal grandmother's mother and sisters, as well as my maternal grandfather's mother and sister all presented strong female role models and true partnerships with their husband. It is interesting to note that while a good number of my maternal great-aunts and great-uncles (sisters/brothers of grandparents) do affiliate with the (Roman Catholic or other Christian) church, the majority are FWEC Christians.\nMy father's family, on the other hand, had a strong paternal influence within the household; or rather, the influence of my paternal grandmother was purposefully muted due to prevailing influence and ideals of the Catholic Church during her childhood. Their family dynamic, in the past twenty years, has been punctuated by arguments, divorce, and what can only be described as very poor judgement.\n\nI never truly had to reconcile my own learned beliefs with those of the church for two main reasons: first, I was not raised in the church. I sought the church on my own around as a pre-teen and chose the Congregational Church specifically because of it's stand on female clergy (allowed).
96016
Yes, it is true.\nMy Arab friend tells me the stories and I read about them all the time.\nI think some of them just don't respect these women because they're not Muslim, plus they think she's just a housemaid, and that they mistake that even though Saud Arabia abolished slavery many years ago, they still think it's okay to rape a housemaid.\nIn Islam, a man is allowed up to 4 wives, and any women on the right hand he possesses. This means slaves. However, a housemaid is PAID a salary to do housework in the house, not a slave, not a sex worker, she's not a woman on the right hand.\nSome of these men are sick, cruel, barbaric and they make Islam look so bad with their disgusting, illiterate thinking.
619398
I think it is because we have been taught that Islam is a religion that believes in violence against all non-islamics and does not give rights to women.\n\nCorrect me if I am wrong but that is what we have been taught.
153241
really some ppl here make me luagh ...\n\nno dear islam dont say thats about women ... and where ever u were ... just try go and see how many non muslims women be muslims ...\n\nand ask them why make u become muslim if islam dont respect or give the rights for the women ... and they will tell u ..;)\n\nso be sure from ur informations about islam ( even i think u dont have any) and how much islam respect women ..\n\nGod/Allah bless u
182912
There are actually 4 great women in Islam\nMaryam (Mother of Isa)\nAsiyah (Wife of firaun)\nKhadijah (Wife of Prophet)\nFatimah (Daughter of Prophet)\n\nThis question is alittle offworded and can offend someone.\nAbu Bakr was not the one who slammed the door of Fatimah.\nIt was someone else.\n\nShias believe that Ali was the first Ameerul Mo'mineen chosen at Ghadeer.\n\nAbuBakr was chosen at Saqifa to be the Khalifa.\n\nBut this should not make a difference, the sunnis and shias are all muslims. They are one.\nThey worship one God, they follow the same Prophet. They read the same Qur'an, and they believe in the day of Judgement.