Does Islam oppress women?
458438
cyanne is right. Theoretically, there can be no oppresion. In practice, women are very badly abused in Muslim societies. You should read this article from the International Herald Tribune which is about women in general, not only in Islam. (The IHT is published outside the US by the New York Times. This article may or may not have also appeared in the NYT.)\nhttp://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/24/opinion/edali.php
758281
Islam promotes intolerance, violence, oppression, terror, bloodshed, robbery, rape, murder, and hatred.  Historically Islam has always been spread and maintained by these methods.  Muslims are always talking about all the different kinds of people they hate.  They think they can sail to Heaven on a sea of blood.  \n\nTHAT'S how "the islam is wrong."
583205
"the truth always remains as a minority view and grows only slowly" ... I totally agree with you .. because that's exactly what happened in Islam ..\n\nMuslims were very few .. one man (14 centuries ago).. and look around you .. how many millions Muslims are now (nearly one billion).. \n\nso if Islam was not a good religion it wouldn't have continued all these years .. at least its followers would have been getting less not increasing .. its followers would have left it .. but this didn't happen .. \n\nAnd about the growth of the Muslims due to High birth rates .. i think you may be right in case if you are talking about Muslim countries .. but i wonder if that is the case in European countries .. \n\nand please tell me if Islam is that desease you are talking about .. how come women, European women to be exact, are converting to Islam with big numbers .. is it because they want to be slaves .. or because they felt they will be more free within Islam ..\n\nI'm a Modern Muslim Girl and i assure you that there is no religion on earth treats woman better than Islam .. \n\nIslam equals man and woman in everything, duties, rewards and punishments .. Islam says that woman is free to use her money as she wishs .. that she keeps her family name and never be named after her huspand's family .. to work or not (as she wishs) .. to say her opinion when getting married (to accept or refuse) and if she refused , marriage is considered null or invalid .. and much much more ..\n\nif you want to know how Islam treats women follow these links:\n\nResources for and about Muslim Women:\nhttp://jannah.org/sisters/\n\nTHE STATUS OF WOMAN IN ISLAM\nBy Jamal A. Badawi\nhttp://www.iad.org/books/S-women.html\n\nAnd if you want to know why muslims believe so much that Islam is the true religion .. follow these links .. and tell me that these are lies:\nhttp://www.iad.org/books/S-women.html\nhttp://www.55a.net/firas/english/index.php\n\nI'm very religious .. but the last two websites when i navigated throw them and made sure that the information within them is true .. I had no doubt that i'm on the right way ..\n\nI hope i answered your question .. and i truely wish you find peace ..
459328
legally no....any muslim women just allow to marry with muslim men if she dont follow it they have this let to kill her (thats what the religion says)...but in my opinion why people have to obey the religion what they made by their hands and mind this too much people can do what ever they want to do ....
742675
No doubt..,they treat women like dogs..,if a woman is raped,it is up to her family to kill her as they consider her damaged goods.Germany is having a massive problem with that going on right now and we will be heading down the same road if we dont stand up to the muslims.You know they did that crap on the air line just to scare the hell out of people.Sick bastards.
215083
Why must women protect themselves from men?  Are Islamic men...violent?  Will they see a "pretty little thing" and go crazy with lust and want?\nReally, everybody's answers state that women need to shield themselves from sexual desires and perhaps attacks by men...Are the men in the middle east completely out of control?  These answers make it seem as though if a woman were to show her hair or, Allah forbid, her shoulder, that she would be bombarded by horny, violent Muslim men.  Aren't they supposed to be peaceful?  Shouldn't belonging  to a peaceful and loving religion be solid footing enough for one to see another of the opposite sex and not go ape sh*t?
586616
I would not have a problem with that.  What the prophet taught and what Islam is today is a different as night and day.  The prophet was the first leader to advocate woman's right, go so far as to allow them to inherit property from their deceased husbands, however, in today's Muslim world a woman is treated as property with very little in the way of right, either spiritually or legally.\n\nThis is just one example, there are many others if you care to look.
471943
That answer is definetely wrong.. beating wives is certainly not only in arab and Muslim countries.. i'm sure it happens ALL over the world.. the blame is sure not on the religion (regardless what it was) it is on the husband and his mentality.. \nIslam is a great religion only for those who understand it and understand what is written in the Qura'an.. \nIslam and the way Islam tells us to treat other people is amazing.. full of love and respect... The whole world has a wrong concept and perception of islam.. and lately so many people are realizing that they have a wrong vision on Islam and they started to read the Qura'an and ask about it more deeply that's why the numbers of muslims are increasing... Anyhow, that was Rev. Kip's personal opinion.. and now this is mine.. and anyone who thinks that Muslim women don;t have equal rights as men are dead wrong.. \nAll muslim women have rights.. they also have the CHOICE to stay at home or work or study or do whatever they want just as long as it is acceptable in the Islam religion.. like they're are not allowed to be working bas jobs and soo.. \nand also Muslim women go out and do everything they want (as i said previously, as long as its something acceptable and respected for the Islam religion) and also Muslim women are not being hidden or anything.. I don't blame any of u who said those  wrong things about Islam because u didn't come into the Arab and Muslim world and see how Muslim men treat Muslim women.. beleive me u'll envy them.. \nplus Africa is definetely not a country to measure the whole muslims by.. What Muslim African men do their wives doesn't mean that all Muslim Men do that.. b/c Islam forbids that.. and also a men can go to jail if he abuses his wife in the Arab World..
530427
Islam is absolutely NOT a bad religion. Extremists are the problem. Extremists have been intrepreting the Koran incorrectly for years. The Koran says to respect women and treat them as equals. The Koran does not advocate killing ANYONE. But the Koran does say the end (the apocalypse) will come in the midst of a holy war. (Remember who started that. Extremists and the president.)
332419
I do not mean to offend you or any one else, but I have read many parts of the Koran that are self-contradictory.Men have the right to beat wives who they do not find submissive (most of the men defining 'submissive' are the ones we want least defining it)and a woman's testimony is worth half a man's. Women inherit only half as much in societies where they may need it twice as much as their brothers, inasmuch some women are not allowed to work. Many of the misogynistic influences in the Middle East existed before Islam,but why are extremists hijacking this "Religion of Peace," and why are so few men standing up to proclaim, open Koran in hand, "I have found that women are equal to us, right here"? I know many brave souls are standing up to the fanatics, but...where are they?
338531
that's not true, i am a Muslim, and proud, Islam never tells the husband to beat up the wife, in fact, Prophet Mohammad (peace and prayers be upon him) treated his wives VERY respectfully and nicely, he (peace and prayers be upon him) was the kindest and most well-behaved person ever lived. he (papbuh) truely was, and that's how Muslims should be.
334533
Probably. Islam is a very aggressive religion. Of all of the wars/conflicts in the world, something like 95% of the at least ONE if not BOTH sides are Muslim. If you read about what people are doing to innocent women and children in places like Algeria, Sudan, Indonesia in the name of Islam it's bad(cutting the throats of whole families if they don't observe Islam as devoutly as they should, burn torture to enslaved christian children if they refuse to learn Islam, etc....)
535821
I think you are wrong, when I am in trouble I look for the best solution , not any solution. I don't believe that islam is answer to anything accept a corrupt, sexist and racist system/religion. I could never go for help to a belief like that.
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I am not surprised.\nRecently, women have been confident enough to venture into the public and voice out their feeling of discomfort of their religion's and their leaders' command; Muslim women to be precise.\n\nFor example, Muslim Wake-Up. Remember Amina Wadud, the one who lead the Friday prayer if I am not mistaken in a church in the USA. I think it was held in a church. The controversial act sparked furor among the Muslim scholars and the non-participating Muslims.\n\nThat act, is undeniably, wrong because woman can never lead a prayer with men. There are actually a lot more of those people, seeking to oppose the fundamental teachings of their religion.\n\nNow, speaking in term of the picture, I am not sure of its authenticity but I think it may be right. Yes, I have also never heard or seen that kind of picture before, only the picture of the French Muslim girl who was directed to take off her hijab when in school and other more similar cases.\n\nIt is not wrong to make the hijab compulsory as long as it is towards the women who have reached menstrual period. Let me cite one hadith, one day, Asma binti Abu Bakar went to meet the prophet Muhammad s.a.w. in a thin attire, then  the prophet said to her, "O Asma! A woman who has reached menstrual period cannot display her body except for this," he signalled the face and the palm. \nI cannot guarantee you the hadith to be in total perfection but I am sure the hadith sounds almost like that. I think the one who reported the hadith is Abu Hurairah, I think. \n\nNow, concerning the statement of the Quran saying that there is no compulsion in religion. Rationally speaking, I strongly believe that Islam is one rational religion and undeniably, the most rational. Islam is a firm and tolerant religion. Refer to Surah Al-Kafiruun, the Quran stated that Allah told Muhammad to not follow the religion of infidels (Quraish) and to the infidels, to not follow the religion of Muhammad. In the last verse, it stated "For you, your religion and for me, my religion."\nThe surah told Muhammad to be firm with his religion and to not follow the suggestion made by the Quraish is that to practise their religion for one day, the next day Muhammad's and later theirs and etc.\nReturning back to the first subject, the Quran stated that the religion (Islam) is a blessing for all the universe therefore when talking about a blessing, there should not be compulsion. Of course, compulsion is very needed referring to the situation in order to balance the world.\nSimply said, that is why Islam teaches mankind to practise these in their lives:\n- Coolness or Calmness\n- Rationality\n- Honesty\n- Justice\n- Tolerance\n- Consistence\n- Faithfulness\n\nJudging by today's situation, how much people are reallt practising those above fully in their lives? That is why the world is not in a state of serenity; many people are being on the wrong side of the balance. \n\nWhat do I think?\nIslam is in the dark age currently as had been prophecied. Pressure from inside and outside is stressing the Muslim world. The greatest threat is of course, the inside one as to what happened in the world history.\n\nIt is foolish for Muslims to rebel Islam, do they not know that millions are heading to them with open hearts while some other people are attacking the religion and its faithfuls?\n\nIf you observe meticulously, you will see that Islam is the strangest in term of its condition. Christianity, Judaism, Bahai', Hinduism, Buddhism, atheism, and others, they are all are nothing much to matter in contrast of that of Islam.\n\nLast but not least, we cannot blame wholly to the rebels of religions, there are much more factors; direct and indirect. We are all connected in this world and we are somehow responsible for the state of our Earth and its inhabitants.\n\n"For want of a nail\nthe shoe was lost,\nfor want of a shoe\nthe horse was lost,\nfor want of a horse\nthe knight was lost,\nfor w
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Of course not...Islam has more and more mistakes, but Muslis scholars twist and add and add. thne they claim other religions faked and fubricated and they are the last best religion.....look all the rules, see how it is plain and makes no sense.\n\nPrayer, very repeated one, that makes human far from spiritual and praying to God....why God would want you to say same thing on and on and on just like a boring song said everyday same and same.\n\nlook cruel punishment, discriminations against women and all that stuff that makes you sting..  it's hard religion, it's absolutely doesn't suit other places.\n\nWell, you asked "why you don't like Islam" and then you added, you are ordinary people....\n\nI don't like Islam...but definitely I love Muslims.  cuz if I don't like Islam, that doesn't mean I hate Muslims!!! \n\nIslam is wrong simply, plaigarize many from bible, rediculate other religions, encourage hatred, violence and impose rules over the head and blood of others. put its rules, holiness more important than bloodshed.  it destruct our countries, divided people.... Islam full of mistakes and cruel punishments.  do you agree of whipping, cutting and these inhuman actions.  unfair, and discirminations against women.  \n\n\nThis is my opinion on Islam, please Muslims I don't mean to offend you
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I'll make it easy for you. Men tend to badger and take advantage of women who wear very tight clothing. The hijab protects us against these men. That's the whole point -----> PROTECTION! It is not oppressive!!! Do you see muslims woman complaining? NO!
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SORRY...HELL FOR MUSLIMAHS...MUHAMMAD SAID --\n\nThen he passed by the women and said, "O women! Give alms, as I have seen that THE MAJORITY OF THE DWELLERS OF HELL-FIRE WERE YOU (WOMEN)." They asked, "Why is it so, O Allah's Apostle ?" He replied, "You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religion than you. http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/sunnah/bukhari/006.sbt.html#001.006.301