Why does the Quran make woman into properties that can be purchased through dower or by enslavement?
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Duh!! Its a false religion!
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I have no idea about what the bible said cause I haven't read all of it, but I'm sure that Quran obliges the man to take good care of his parents as they grow old even if he's married, and to never talk to them harshely and to pray to God to have mercy on them as for they raised him as a child.
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I am a Christian.  However the bible was written by MAN not GOD.  I do not think God wants us to be slaves to our husbands, thats just what man wanted from women.
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Beautified for mankind is love of the joys (that come) from women and offspring; and stored-up heaps of gold and silver, and horses branded (with their mark), and cattle and land. That is the comfort of the life of this world. Allah! With Him is a more excellent abode. \nSurah Aal-e Imran: 14\n\nBecause I am not entrapped in the  lures over which you become the most impassioned, viz. money and possessions. For me material prosperity does not bring peace and satisfaction. For you efforts to find real love and respect often prove to be vain. True companionship also remains desperately sought after yet is never attained in your ignorant society. They can never be achieved because love, respect and companionship are attainable only when the individual conducts himself responsibly towards his Creator, thus attaining moral perfection. A sincere believer having moral values leaves a positive impression on other people and builds a bond of trust; this is actually the basis of true love and respect.
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you cannot possess slaves at all in this day and age. leviticus was pre-Jesus. that law does not apply now.
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it is saying that you can not buy a Gods people as slaves that only the heathen the non-believers the pagans as they are called today can be bought as slaves. read the whole chapter and it will make more sense.
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Women could negotiate ALL financial matters for the household. They could not vote and could NOT be citizens if their father did not acknowledge their birth. If he did not, they were adopted into the prostitute guilds and had no rights at all. This was also true of male children. Women could, and did, own property.
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I've never seen that in the Bible... perhaps you should ask the person that said it, and if he or she can back it up, let me know so I can study it. Thanks.\n\nWell, now that he has posted it, it can be explained, as I have in fact read it.\n\nKeep in mind that "lie" does not mean "rape" it means sex whether consensual or not.\n\n[23] If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;\n[24] Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.\n\nThis is not saying that the girl was raped - it is talking about a girl that makes no objection to lying with the man when if she didn't want to lie with him, she could object and try get help since she was in a populated area. She is having consensual adulterous sex.\n\nIf she objected, fought, screamed, cried out, then she would not be held responsible. All the women in the area knew this, as it was part of the law. Because of the culture and the value of a woman's virginity, a woman would have cried out and struggled violently with a man who was raping her to try and get help - just as any woman would do today if she were in a populated area where help was available.\n\nYou'll notice that in the following verses, the woman is presumed innocent if the event occurred in an isolated area even if it cannot be proved that she made an objection, because there was no one to help her. The man is put to death for adultery, since she was betrothed.\n\nIn the last verses, if a man and a woman have sex, and she is not betrothed but is a virgin, then he has to marry her. This is to protect the woman - no one afterwards would have married her and taken care of her. It was meant to discourage men from taking advantage of girls, or being "players" so to speak.
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what women get in the paradise it exactly the same as men. in arabic when you speak to a group of people containing men and women you speak to them using the masculine verbs. however, in the Quran many times Allah says femals or males many times (but not always) to make it clear that the talk is not toward men only but also to women.\nalso, the paradise contains whatever one desires. so, it's obvious that if women desires men then they can have it.\nsomething else to note is that women are genearally more shy then men. imagine the Quran speaking about virgine men her and there that will really embrace us women.\n\nSurah 3:195\n\nSo their Lord accepted their prayer: That I will not waste the work of a worker among you, whether male or female...\n\nSurah 4:194\n\nAnd whoever does good deeds whether male or female and he (or she) is a believer -- these shall enter the garden, and they shall not be dealt with a jot unjustly.\n\nSurah 16:97\n\nWhoever does good whether male or female and he is a believer, We will most certainly make him live a happy life, and We will most certainly give them their reward for the best of what they did.\n\nSurah 33:35\n\nSurely the men who submit and the women who submit, and the believing men and the believing women, and the obeying men and the obeying women, and the truthful men and the truthful women, and the patient men and the patient women and the humble men and the humble women, and the almsgiving men and the almsgiving women, and the fasting men and the fasting women, and the men who guard their private parts and the women who guard, and the men who remember Allah much and the women who remember -- Allah has prepared for them forgiveness and a mighty reward.\n\nSurah 36:56\n\nThey and their wives shall be in shades, reclining on raised couches\n\nSurah 39:34\n\nThey will have with their Lord whatever they desire; that is the reward of those who good.\n\nSurah 43:70\n\nEnter the garden, you and your wives; you shall be made happy.
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why does he need forgivness he was just following the quran .\n\n"Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah has given the one more (strength) than the other, and because they support them from their means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient, and guard in (the husband's) absence what Allah would have them guard. As to those women on whose part ye fear disloyalty and ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (Next), refuse to share their beds, (And last) beat them (lightly); but if they return to obedience, seek not against them Means (of annoyance): For Allah is Most High, great (above you all)," (4:34).
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The New Roman Catholics bible does say that the very birth of a girl is a "total loss".  It also says her father can rape her, he can sell her into slavery, and that a father can have childen with his own daughters.  Widows are passed around like property if their husband died without a son and his brothers rape her unitl she produces one.  Jesus himself in the bible considers the best of men to be those who have never been with women and have stayed far from women.  I'm a muslim woman, and contrary to popular stereotype, islamically, women can do just as much as the men.
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Actually, Islamic law states that you may have more than one wife, provided you can take care of them all equally (monetarily and emotionally), whether that actually happens is another question. But under law, that is what is supposed to happen. In the US, it is against the law to do so, and people living in the state must recognize those laws and understand how it affects them.\n\nAs to your question, Muslim women enter these relationships apparently due to their beliefs in their religion, or perhaps due to pressure from other Muslims.
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It is likely that the provision was created by men for the benefit of men. wether it benefits women today is a different story. I believe it is allowed for them to live together, but only for the first wife.
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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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In the early history of the Catholic church this is true ... because women were/are viewed as being the source of original sin and therefore unclean.  Additionally if a woman wanted to become a nun her family had to pay a dowery to the church in order to become one and then pay for her keep in the nunnery.
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Many of today's wedding traditions and superstitions date back thousands of years1. It is surprising how many of these were originally to ward off evil spirits, as well as to enhance good luck, fertility and prosperity.\n\nThere was no such thing as an engagement or a marriage ceremony to the Anglo-Saxon man. He would just choose a wife and, if necessary, forcibly remove her from her family home to his own home, where she would cook, clean and bear his children.\n\nLater, it was the fathers who recognised the value of their daughters as an asset; they became more protective, and introduced a 'bride price.' Daughters were then considered as the property of their fathers. The fathers now expected prospective husbands to show they could be good providers by offering the family valuable gifts, or by working off the price of the daughter's hand in marriage. (This is especially true of the Hebrew culture, who saw women as the center of the home, valuable in many ways, worthy of being protected and honoured.)\n\nCenturies later, this was reversed, when the fathers began to offer a dowry (payment) to their daughter's prospective husband. The idea was to insure against divorce, as the woman now brought something into the marriage. If the marriage dissolved, the husband would no longer have control of the dowry.
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Masturbation (for both men and women) is haraam (forbidden) in Islam based on the following evidence:\n\n    First from the Qur'aan:\n\n    Imam Shafi'i stated that masturbation is forbidden based on the following verses from the Qur'aan (interpretation of the meaning):\n\n    "And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts, from illegal sexual acts). Except from their wives or (the captives and slaves) that their right hands possess, - for them, they are free from blame. But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors." 23.5-7 Here the verses are clear in forbidding all illegal sexual acts (including masturbation) except for the wives or that their right hand possess. And whoever seeks beyond that is the transgressor.\n    "And let those who find not the financial means for marriage keep themselves chaste, until Allah enriches them of His bounty." 24.33. This verse also clearly orders whoever does not have the financial means to marry to keep himself chaste and be patient in facing temptations (including masturbation) until Allah enriches them of His bounty.\n\n    Secondly, from the Sunnah of the Prophet  (peace be upon him):\n    Abdullaah ibn Mas'ood said, "We were with the Prophet while we were young and had no wealth whatsoever. So Allah's Messenger said, "O young people! Whoever among you can marry, should marry, because it helps him lower his gaze and guard his modesty (i.e. his private parts from committing illegal sexual intercourse etc.), and whoever is not able to marry, should fast, as fasting diminishes his sexual power." Bukhari:5066. The hadeeth orders men who are not able to marry to fast despite the hardship encountered in doing so, and not to masturbate despite the ease with which it can be done.\n    There are additional evidences that can be cited to support this ruling on masturbation, but due to the limited space we will not go through them here. Allah knows what is best and most correct.