Islamic Culture
Islamic Culture
Islamic Culture refers to the customs and traditions that Muslims have adopted in their respective countries including the Islamic / Muslim Clothing they wear, foods they eat, wedding traditions and other such aspects of their Islamic Life. The cornerstone of Islamic culture is morality (hayaa)and simplicity. Hayaa (morality / modesty) and simplicity are both qualities of Imaan. Thus the true Islamic society upholds the highest levels of morality and maintains simplicity in every aspect. Some of the features of this society are: * No free intermingling between non-mahram (those who are not forbidden to marry) males and females. The laws of Hijaab will be observed. * Modest dressing. Clothing will truly cover the body (also loose enough to cover the shape) and have no flirtatious intent. * Men and women will fulfill the separate roles that have been apportioned to them — the husband as breadwinner and the wife as mother and one who fulfils the household responsibilities.
Islam, Culture and Women
How can anyone justify Islam's treatment of women, when it imprisons Afghans under blue shuttlecock burqas and makes Pakistani girls marry strangers against their will?
How can you respect a religion that forces women into polygamous marriages, mutilates their genitals, forbids them to drive cars and subjects them to the humiliation of "instant" divorce? In fact, none of these practices are Islamic at all.
Anyone wishing to understand Islam must first separate the religion from the cultural norms and style of a society. Female genital mutilation is still practiced in certain pockets of Africa and Egypt, but viewed as an inconceivable horror by the vast majority of Muslims. Forced marriages may still take place in certain Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities, but would be anathema to Muslim women from other backgrounds. The Koran is addressed to all Muslims, and for the most part it does not differentiate between
Islamic Culture refers to the customs and traditions that Muslims have adopted in their respective countries including the Islamic / Muslim Clothing they wear, foods they eat, wedding traditions and other such aspects of their Islamic Life. The cornerstone of Islamic culture is morality (hayaa)and simplicity. Hayaa (morality / modesty) and simplicity are both qualities of Imaan. Thus the true Islamic society upholds the highest levels of morality and maintains simplicity in every aspect. Some of the features of this society are: * No free intermingling between non-mahram (those who are not forbidden to marry) males and females. The laws of Hijaab will be observed. * Modest dressing. Clothing will truly cover the body (also loose enough to cover the shape) and have no flirtatious intent. * Men and women will fulfill the separate roles that have been apportioned to them — the husband as breadwinner and the wife as mother and one who fulfils the household responsibilities.
Islam, Culture and Women
How can anyone justify Islam's treatment of women, when it imprisons Afghans under blue shuttlecock burqas and makes Pakistani girls marry strangers against their will?
How can you respect a religion that forces women into polygamous marriages, mutilates their genitals, forbids them to drive cars and subjects them to the humiliation of "instant" divorce? In fact, none of these practices are Islamic at all.
Anyone wishing to understand Islam must first separate the religion from the cultural norms and style of a society. Female genital mutilation is still practiced in certain pockets of Africa and Egypt, but viewed as an inconceivable horror by the vast majority of Muslims. Forced marriages may still take place in certain Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities, but would be anathema to Muslim women from other backgrounds. The Koran is addressed to all Muslims, and for the most part it does not differentiate between