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Title: Oppression of Women in Ancient and Modern Islam By Lydia


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Oppression of Women in Ancient and Modern Islam
  • By Lydia Hires

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Outline
  • Introduction
  • Education
  • Ancient to Modern
  • Society
  • Ancient / Modern
  • Politics
  • Ancient / Modern
  • Conclusion

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Introduction
  • Importance of Quran
  • How women should act
  • How their society should treat them
  • Main difference between modern and ancient Islam
    ? Interpretations
  • Ancient Islam Culture did not drastically
    oppress women
  • Modern Islam Women denied opportunities
    educationally, socially, and politically

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Ancient Education
  • Expected to receive an education as a child
  • Quran Obligation for young girls to acquire
    knowledge
  • Beginnings of Islam girls taught science and
    math
  • No limitations ? women became widely known as
    scholars
  • Religion, literature, music, education, and
    medicine

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Transitional Education
  • More patriarchal thinking
  • Education of women useless
  • New tradition Boys and girls have different
    educations
  • 24th Sura
  • Contains punishments for adultery, advice for
    modest relations between men and women, and a
    womans own modesty and clothing.
  • Wealthier women taught Islamic sciences
  • Only instructed in beneficial subjects ? future
    as domestic housewives
  • The education of women transitioned to the
    possible corruption of Islamic society.

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Modern Education
  • Quran states that males and females must acquire
    knowledge
  • In the case of women only religious knowledge
  • Role of mahram male
  • Ullama traditionalists modern education will
    destroy Muslim identity
  • Indifference and hostility to religion
  • Lack of religious teachings ? immoral influences
  • Maulvi Abdul Basit Hamidi Qasmi strongly against
    modern teachings

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Ancient Society
  • Arab societies before Islam women were inferior
    to men
  • Pre-Islam Birth of a female was a disgrace
  • Quran When news is brought to one of them, of
    the birth of a female child, his face
    darkens, and he is filled with inward grief!
  • Statements of the Quran and practices of the
    time paralleled each other
  • Girl allowed to live bought and sold as products

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Modern Society
  • Role trivial ? profound
  • Early socializer and first educator of children
  • Islamic law forbids a forced marriage
  • Quran Women shall have rights similar to
    rights against them, according to what is
    equitable. But men have a degree (of advantage)
    over them
  • Women feared/respected
  • Commodity ? Equal
  • Segregation from males in public
  • Must cover virtually all skin
  • Most rights restrained by males
  • Others equal
  • Divorce

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Ancient Politics
  • Did not subjugate women to having no status at
    all
  • No restrictions in womens participation
    economically and politically
  • All aspects of daily life included women
  • Opportunities to be elected into high offices
  • Quran women and men equal in most aspects of
    life
  • At first ? religious followers aimed to follow
    the teachings of Muhammad

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Modern Politics
  • Rights have been dishonored
  • Work, own property, and execute their own wealth
  • Seek employment in medical care, teaching, and
    civil and justice professions.
  • Status should stay the same before/after marriage
  • In practice, these rights have been violated
  • Restrictions have been created and placed on
    women
  • For a long time they were oppressed from the
    right to vote

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Conclusion
  • Quran makes many suggestions and statements that
    regard women
  • Teachings of Muhammad started to become followed
    less precisely
  • Interpreted in a different way that oppressed
    female citizens

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The deterioration of the rights, status, and role
of modern Muslim women has ultimately led to
severe female oppression in the Middle East.
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Picture Bibliography
  • Picture 1- Woman in Islam. United States
    Institute of Peace. www.usip.org/events/2002/women
    _islam
  • Picture 2- Muslim Girls in School. Wide Angle.
    www.kaumudijalakam.com
  • Picture 3- Muslim Girl. Dhimmi Watch.
    www.jihadwatch.org
  • Picture 4- Covered Up. Jon Christian Ryter.
    www.jonchristianryter.com
  • Picture 5- Protest. Daily Times.
    www.dailytimes.com.pk
  • Picture 6- Identity and Politics in the Middle
    East. www.ijtihad.org/2005/12/fatwa-against
  • Picture 7- Muslim Girls. CBBC Newsround.
    http//news.bbc.co.uk

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Bibliography
  • Chapter III Women in Muslim Society. Women in
    Muslim Society. http//www.witness-pioneer.org
    February 13, 2006.
  • Dudley, William, ed. Islam Opposing Viewpoints.
    Missouri Greenhaven Press, 2004.
  • Shorish-Shamley, Dr. Zieba. Womens Position,
    Role, and Rights in Islam. Afghanistan Online.
    http//www.afghan-web.com/articles/womenrights.htm
    l. February 13, 2006.
  • Sikand, Yoginder. Modern Education of Girls is
    Opposed. 2005. http//www.irfi.org/articles
    February 14, 2006.
  • Weibke, Walther. Women in Islam. New Jersey
    Markus Weiner Publishers, 1993.
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