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Women’s Views on Women’s Rights. In some, but not all, countries Muslim women are more supportive of women’s rights than are Muslim men. For example, in 12 of the 23 countries where the question was asked, Muslim women voice greater support than Muslim men for a woman’s right to decide whether to wear a veil in public.
Among the influences which have played an important role in defining the social, legal, spiritual, and cosmological status of women in the course of Islamic history are the sacred scriptures of Islam: the Quran; the ḥadīth, which are traditions relating to the deeds and aphorisms attributed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his companions ...
Muslims are described in two basic terms: spiritually and temporally, with men and women being spiritually equal before Allah. Equal, but not identical – gender roles are precisely defined by Shariah, and they are strictly enforced in places that practice Islamic jurisprudence.
God devotes an entire chapter of the Quran, the holy book of Islam, to women. In addition, God directly addresses women repeatedly throughout the Quran. Islam proclaims that all human beings, men and women, are born in a pure state.
Women are one segment of humanity. In an Islamic society, women can occupy three positions. First as a daughter, her importance is such that the Holy Prophet of Islam (saw) tells us: ‘He who brings up his daughters well, and makes no distinction between them and his sons, will be close to me in Paradise.’.
According to the Qur’an, women like men come from one living soul (nafsin wahida) (Qur’an 4:1). Women are a complement, not a competition, to men (Qur’an 9:71-72). A woman is not defined by any social role such as mother or wife – a woman is first and foremost seen by God as a believer.
Education. Back in the 7 th century, Muhammad (pbuh) declared that the pursuit of knowledge is obligatory on every Muslim – male and female. This declaration was very clear and was largely implemented by Muslims throughout history. One of the most influential scholars of Islam was Muhammad’s wife, Aisha.
