Status of women in ISLAM
```STATUS OF WOMAN IN ISLAM
Outline
Woman-as vital to life as man himself
Islam gives woman rights and privileges, never grated before
Quran addresses men and women jointly
Modern woman seeks rights by force
Woman has equal share in every aspect of life
She is equal in responsibilities
She is equal in pursuit in knowledge
She is entitled to equal freedom of expression
Islam determines her share in inheritance
A misconception regarding this share & her witness to civil contact
Some advantages woman enjoys more than the man
Veil-not a hindrance rather a blessing for woman
Conclusion
The status of woman in Islam constitutes no problem. The attitude of the Qur’an and the early Muslims bear witness to the fact that the woman is, at least, as vital to life as man himself. Had it not been for the impact of foreign cultures and alien influences, this question would have never arisen among the Muslims. The status of woman was taken for granted to equal to that of man. It was a matter of course, a matter of fact, and no one, then, considered it as a problem at all.
There is a lot of talk about woman’s rights in Pakistan and other Muslim countries these days. The Western media is projecting a very gruesome and poor plight of woman in Muslim countries with the intension of distorting the true image of Islam. Unfortunately, this propaganda is proving quite effective and the entire west and a small section of females in our society have misinterpreted Islam as being the cause of their troubles instead of the Aryan culture that we have inherited.
In order to understand what Islam has established for woman, there is no need to deplore her plight in the pre-Islamic era or in the modern world of today. Islam has given woman rights and privileges which she has never enjoyed under other religious or constitutional systems. This can be understood when the matter is studied as a whole in a comparative manner, rather than partially. The rights and
Outline
Woman-as vital to life as man himself
Islam gives woman rights and privileges, never grated before
Quran addresses men and women jointly
Modern woman seeks rights by force
Woman has equal share in every aspect of life
She is equal in responsibilities
She is equal in pursuit in knowledge
She is entitled to equal freedom of expression
Islam determines her share in inheritance
A misconception regarding this share & her witness to civil contact
Some advantages woman enjoys more than the man
Veil-not a hindrance rather a blessing for woman
Conclusion
The status of woman in Islam constitutes no problem. The attitude of the Qur’an and the early Muslims bear witness to the fact that the woman is, at least, as vital to life as man himself. Had it not been for the impact of foreign cultures and alien influences, this question would have never arisen among the Muslims. The status of woman was taken for granted to equal to that of man. It was a matter of course, a matter of fact, and no one, then, considered it as a problem at all.
There is a lot of talk about woman’s rights in Pakistan and other Muslim countries these days. The Western media is projecting a very gruesome and poor plight of woman in Muslim countries with the intension of distorting the true image of Islam. Unfortunately, this propaganda is proving quite effective and the entire west and a small section of females in our society have misinterpreted Islam as being the cause of their troubles instead of the Aryan culture that we have inherited.
In order to understand what Islam has established for woman, there is no need to deplore her plight in the pre-Islamic era or in the modern world of today. Islam has given woman rights and privileges which she has never enjoyed under other religious or constitutional systems. This can be understood when the matter is studied as a whole in a comparative manner, rather than partially. The rights and