It is not only Islam, there are no equal rights for women in any religion. It is a hypocracy and a lie if some one says otherwise.God created man in His own Image. repeated references like HE make it clear that man is considered superior and closer to God than a woman.\nMuslims claim like others that women have equal rights . Why such hypocratic interpretations of religious texts.\nIf LOVE is basics for defining God then the first lesson of LOVE is Learnt in a woman's womb while being created.\nDo not give any religious quotations and call them words of your personalised Gods.
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i dont know about you insulting muslims, or any religion.\nin islam a woman has the right to divorce her husband, or file a divorce law suit for specific reason she might want to end the marriage for.\nread about islam before you insult any part of it.\nits amazing really that an ignorant person claims the right to discuss any topic.
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as a Muslim women i can tell you 1) Muslim women receive much more respect than most women 2) for every one man that  converts to Islam, for women convert 3)as in every religion men and women have diff roles. we are equal in the eyes of God, but undeniably different\n\npeace to all,\nSakina
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Because it is a pantheistic religion.\n\nThese religions generally believe the world is divided into feminine and masculine forms that must constantly be balanced in order for the world to function properly.
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Women are not truly equal to men.  All lives are of equal value as human beings regardless of gender, but there will always be some things that men can do better as well as some things that women can do better.  People should be happy with who they are and except the abilities that God gave to them.
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No I don't.  Women still are discriminated against in the workplace here in the United States; and in many other nations, they face even more severe restrictions.  Women are also greatly marginalized by the world's predominant religions.  Judeo-Christian mythology still contends that women were made from Adam's rib, soley as a companion for Adam.  Muslim women are severely oppressed as well.\n\nThe human race isn't as far out of the jungle as it often gives itself credit for!
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One of the condition that Quran allows more than wife is that you treat them equally. These verse were originally revealed regarding orphans, when there were many in the society and polygamy was required to have these girls to get a married life.\n"If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, Marry women of your choice, Two or three or four; but if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one" Quran 4: 3. \n\nBut Quran also states in another place that it is very difficult to treat equally\n"You are never able to be fair and just as between wives, even if it is your ardent desire: " Quran 4:129. \n\nSo there is an indirect reference to have only one wife but in rare circumstances more than one can be married. Sometimes when male population in a society is less than females, polygamy may be required to have all the women lead a family life.\n\nEdit:\nShe can of course persuade her husband if she do not like him having another wife or state a condition on marriage that he should not take another wife. I am from a muslim family, it is very rare for men to have more than one wife. Actually I don't know anyone in my family who have married more than one.
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Islâm is your Birthright \n \n\nMankind and the universe were not created by accident or chance, but according to the plan of the Creator, who is known as Allah (lit.: the one God) in Islâm. The Qur'an states that it is the duty of all individuals to learn about Allah and to live according to His will. As we cannot accomplish this be ourselves, Allah has sent messengers and prophets to guide humanity All of these chosen individuals have brought the same message and have served as examples to their people of how Allah desires all human beings to live. Through these selected people, we have been told why mankind was created, what will happen to us after death, and what Allah expects of us. But most importantly, we have been told that Allah is unique-He has no partners, no sons or daughters, and no competitors, as so many other man-made religious systems have postulated. This message always remains the same, whereas the laws laid down for a particular might show some slight differences.\n\nMuhammad, the last of Allah's prophets, was sent to present Allah's revelation in its final form and for the last time. This was necessary because the message delivered by the previous prophets and messengers had been corrupted or distorted by their followers. They had been mixed with philosophical speculations, superstitions, myths, and neglect. Therefore, Islâm is not a new religion-it is a restatement of the original religion of Allah in its purest form and is designed to provide humanity with the uncorrupted message of Allah.\n\nIslâm is an Arabic word that denotes submission and obedience to Allah. It also means "peace," for it brings peace of mind as well as peace on the individual and the social levels.\n\nTHE FIVE PILLARS OF ISLÂM\n\nIn Islâm, the term "worship" covers any action that one does in accordance with the will of Allah. It can be mental, physical, spoken, or otherwise. All such actions will be rewarded.\n\nThere are five acts of worship that are so fundamental that the Prophet grouped them together as the five pillars of Islâm. Every Muslim is expected to fulfill these obligations. They are:\n\nTHE DECLARATION OF MONOTHEISM:\n\nRecognizing and acknowledging the monotheistic nature of Allah stands at the core of Islâm. This consists of a public affirmation that "there is no god but Allah (God), and Muhammad is His Messenger." One cannot be a Muslim until he states this fact in the presence of Muslim witnesses.\n\nPRAYERS:\n\nA Muslim must perform the five daily prayers. These must be performed at specific times, corresponding roughly with dawn, noon, afternoon, sunset, and nightfall. The prayers can be made in any clean place, but it is preferable to pray them with others in a mosque, for this communal undertaking acts as a reminder that all Muslims are equal. When many people are praying together, it becomes clear that color, economic status, social position, and all other artificial distinctions have no importance to Allah, for all Muslims are commanded to stand together, shoulder to shoulder, and prostrate themselves before Him. There are no exceptions. Prayers also elevated the individual to a higher level of morality, purifies his heart, and helps him to resist his desire to engage in forbidden activities.\n\nFASTING THE MONTH OF RAMADAN:\n\nEvery year during the Muslim month of Ramadan, Muslims abstain from food, drink, and sexual activity from dawn to sunset. While this gives the body a much needed rest and improves ones health by getting rid of excess weight, it also increases ones commitment to Allah, develops his social conscience, and reminds him of how the less fortunate live every day In addition, it strengthens one's patience, self-restraint, will power, and sincerity.\n\nCHARITY (Zakat):\n\nEvery Muslim whose net annual savings are above a certain specified minimum must pay an annual amount of 2.5% to the poor and needy This action purifies one's accrued
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There is a whole surah named Women\n\n\nThe quran talks about women and breastfeeding for two years\n\nIt mentions the same amount of rewards and punishments for both men and women\n\nIt says that women get to keep what they earn\n\nWomen have a right to their own in heritance\n\nthe right to divorce\n\nIslam gives women the right to run for political office\n\nThe right to be supported by her husband\n\nThe right to get Dowery \n\nThe right to write her own marriage contract\n\nThe right to select her husband of choosing\n\nThe right ot to pray if she has her period or is sick\n\nThe right to keep whatever she earns from work, inheritance or otherwise\n\nThe right over her children\n\nThe right to vote for officers running for goverment\n\nThe  right to attain the same education as men\n\nthe right to be treated with dignity and kindness by her husband and all members of her family\n\nShould I go on sweethert?\n\nWe could be here all night....
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Here's the thing...God is way wiser than any person, including Muhammad.  God would know that if something like that were permissable, then people would misuse it to enslave women/their wives.\n\nTherefore, it is not a hadith that woman bow down before her husband.  'I would have' is not the same as 'I do order'\n\nInstead, wives are required to respect their husbands...that's nothing new and revolutionary.\n\nAnd husbands are to love their wives.  God knows what He's talking about when he prescribes behaviour to married people.  The same mesasge is contained in the Bible.
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i didnt get ur question.im a muslim women.contact me at my email for any any any anything u ever have to say\n\nfreepurelol@yahoo.com
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Are you suggesting that western women are stupid .. or are you suggesting that a woman can willingly give up her freedom to be a slave .. or you are suggesting that modern countries have stupid women .. how smart your question is?!!!\n\nI'm a Muslim girl .. I'm not a slave .. i work as a Java Developer in a big Company .. i wear Veil(Hijab) willingly .. and there is no Muslim woman is enslaved because she is Muslim .. only you are a slave for your smart brain ..\n\ni understand that you hate Islam so much .. ok.. but what do you know about Islam other than what your media wants you to know about Islam for political reasons .. mostly to explain why it's going to envade another Muslim country .. to free its Muslims from their Slavery .. so what do you call this ??..\nhttp://nobravery.cf.huffingtonpost.com/\n\nand who said that those who converts to Islam are all women .. then what do you call this ?..\nhttp://www.55a.net/firas/english/index.php?page=show_det&id=99\n\ndidn't you wonder why would someone converts to Islam .. didn't you say may be they found something they were seeking for .. or found a proof that proves Islam is the true religion ..\n\nfollow these links .. may be u find something that may be interesting to you although i doubt anything would work with you:\nhttp://www.miraclesofthequran.com\nhttp://www.55a.net/firas/english/index.php\n\nget your facts right .. try to find the truth .. at least respect other religions ...\nI pet you never heard of a Muslim disrespecting other religions .. especially Cristianity and Judaism .. would you like to know why? .. because first of all the core of Islam depends on beleiving in all messengers of Allah(GOD in Arabic) including Jesus and Moses(which are considered messengers of Allah in Islam) and all Holy books of Allah including Bible and torah (which are considered corrupted now .. and not containing the original script)..\n\nSecond .. our prophet Muhammad peace be upon him .. ordered us to respect Cristians and Jewish .. and never harm them or force them into converting to Islam ..
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Family, society and ultimately the whole of mankind is treated by Islam on an ethical basis. Differentiation in sex is neither a credit nor a drawback for the sexes. Therefore, when we talk about status of woman in Islam it should not lead us to think that Islam has no specific guidelines, limitations, responsibilities and obligations for men. What makes one valuable and respectable in the eyes of Allah, the Creator of mankind and the universe, is neither one's prosperity, position, intelligence, physical strength nor beauty, but only one's Allah-consciousness and awareness (taqwa). However, since in the Western culture and in cultures influenced by it, there exists a disparity between men and women there is more need for stating Islam's position on important issues in a clear way. \n\nDr. Jamal Badawi's essay, The Status of Women in Islam, was originally published in our quarterly journal, Al-lttihad, Vol. 8, No. 2, Sha'ban 1391/Sept 1971. Since then it has been one of our most-demanded publications. We thank Br. Jamal for permitting us to reprint his essay. We hope it will clarify many of the misconceptions.
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Actually i don't really understand your question .. but I'll answer it as if you are asking about "Why men marry 4 women in Islam and why women can't marry 4 men?" ... OK? ...\n\nFirst of all ... Islam is the only religion that said "marry only one" ... and the proof from Quran is:\n4:3\n"And if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphan girls, then marry (other) women of your choice, two or three, or four but if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly (with them), THEN ONLY ONE or (the captives and the slaves) that your right hands possess. That is nearer to prevent you from doing injustice."\n\nand although Muslim man is allowed to treat his slave(s) or his captive(s) as his wife ... he should not do that against their will ... an dthe proof from Quran is :\n\n24:33\n"And let those who find not the financial means for marriage keep themselves chaste, until Allah enriches them of His Bounty. And such of your slaves as seek a writing (of emancipation), give them such writing, if you know that they are good and trustworthy. And give them something yourselves out of the wealth of Allah which He has bestowed upon you. And force not your maids to prostitution, if they desire chastity, in order that you may make a gain in the (perishable) goods of this worldly life. But if anyone compels them (to prostitution), then after such compulsion, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful (to those women, i.e. He will forgive them because they have been forced to do this evil action unwillingly)."\n\nNow ... teh reasons why men CAN (not should) marry 4 women is:\n1- sexual desire at men is stronger than women ... \n\n2- if his wife has a desease or anything that makes him unable to treat her normally as a wife , but he wishs not to divorce her ...\n\n3- man can make parrallel sexual relationships .. and we can still recognize the father ... while woman cannot make parallel sexual relationship because of the responsibility of the relations (taking care of each husband as a wife and all of the children as a mother .. get pregnant .. needed as a wife for each of them !!!) ... and it's going to be hard to recognize the father ...\n\nbesides it has been proven lately that women with parallel sexual relationships get the womp canser ...\n\n4- women numbers are getting greater than men numbers due to wars and natural desastars ... so eventually there is going to be alot of women with no men if a man doesn't marry except one ...\n\nso these women has only one way to get sexual relationships which is to be prostitutes for married men ... which ruins the already established relationships "stable marriages" and makes men do sexual relations aoutside marriage which is forbidden as a major sin...\n\nso if men married tehse women ... it will be better for everyone ... \n\nactually in my country we are getting near to that problem ... where girls are getting near 30 and even over 30 and didn't get married yet because women outnumbered men ...\n\ni hope i answered your question .. with my best regards...
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Yes, I know, Dear. But, unfortunately, Paul didn't like women at all. He made certain the gospels of the followers of Jesus who were ladies were kept silent. It's been debated whether Paul himself was a misogynist or just gay. I am not being combative, I'm simply repeating what was in one of my religion classes. I see no reason why a Woman shouldn't lead a prayer. It's they who bear the children and cook the food. These are both sacraments in their own rights. God doesn't care about gender. God cares about what actually goes into a prayer and the faith of those praying it.
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Funny you should ask. My 'boyfriend' dumped me because I'm christian & he's muslim (but in theory-not practicing). He played me for 10 months, then said we had no future together based on the muslim belief. And his future children would be taught the muslim faith. Interesting that the Bible was the 1st religion and all others sprouted from it. Isaih predicted Jesus's comming & crucifixion, were as mohammed came after Jesus's death, married a rich widow and suddonly has vissions, wrote a book, and becomes famous. The islamic culture is from an era of male superiority and domination that uses the term 'respect' only in regard to protect the male ego. If a man has respect for himself and truly loves the woman he wants to marry than he would look past the religious barriers and see the woman that he loves. Because God is love & love, hope & faith are bottom line principles in christianity not 'holy'r than thou' due to prayer rituals.
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It was originally intended for ALL women to wear hijabs.  Not because they are being controlled.  It is to keep other men from gauking at you.  Sex is what turned the world wrong.  If more women would just simply say "No" to pre-marrital sex, we wouldn't be objectified.  We don't have to give our bodies to men just because they tell us they love us.  Women should be able to say, "That's good you love me, now prove it!" Not all men are like that.  But since the beginning of time, men have figured to tell a women what she wants to hear to get what he wants from her, than he bounces.  Sound familiar ladies?
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Dear SellCar,\n\ni really hope you got a good reason behind those questions, anyways ill answer your question.\n\ni read some strange answer above ;(, so i hope i can make it clear \n\n\nOfcourse every woman hates polygamy, God created woman to hate anyone that shares her love, but in Holy Quran it says and made it clear for men that they should not take more than one wife unless they have their reasons, like for example some wives dont have the ability to be pregnant, its no body's fault of course but as a man everyone likes to be a father, therefore he can marry another wife.\n\nanother reason for men might be that some men need more than one woman and he is not getting enough, therefore he could make sin with other woman which is bad for Islam teachings and social life and reputation, or he can marry another woman that will give him more pleasure and in the same time he is not making any sin.\n\nMoreover, if you now make a study you will find that number of men is much more less than number of women in the world, years ago in Germany they where surprised to find that 1 man is being borned for every 4 women!!\n\nfor a reason that no one knows except God he knew that this will be the case, therefore he authorised to have more than wife, or else we will have more than half of the woman not married for the rest of their lives.(speaking about Islam societies only, western countires men and woman stays with no marriage usually for the rest of their lives)\n\nGod authorised polygamy for more better reasons ofcourse, but i only know these.\n\nand of course there is no polygamy for men in Islam ;), because at that stage we cant know who is son or daughter of whom.\n\nand for a man being with a legal woman is ofcourse much better than being with a new woman everyday or month ;(\n\nIslam makes a great social life by its teachings.\n\n============\n\ni really dont know the exact age of Muhammad(PBUH) when he married Aisha, but i think in 40's.\n\nGod didnt authorise for muslims to marry more than four wives and in a certain conditions, but for messenger of God (Muhmmad PBUH) he authorised for him to marry more, i do know one reason now for this is that Mohammad(PBUH) wanted to make links with the arab tribes across arabia to spread Islam, and as a messenger of God marrying one of the women in a tribe it was a very good impression to make for those tribes, which later he made friendship with them and they followed Islam teachings, therefore marrying more than one wife helped the spread of Islam at that time, and it made for Islam a good base in Arabia.