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From: msa@zeus.unomaha.edu (MSA of Nebraska U. @Omaha &Omaha Islamic Center)
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Subject: Re: Women
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Date: 17 Jun 91 13:33:02 GMT
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                        IN THE NAME OF ALLAH
                   THE MERCIFUL THE COMPASSIONATE 


Assalamu alaikum:

( this was posted in soc.culture.arabic)

In article <11948@hub.ucsb.edu>, 6600powr@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Zelig) writes:
> Hi.  A question asked not out of mockery, but out of
> honest and respectful curiosity.  Why is the stereo-
> type of Arabic society so mysogynistic?  Are things
> really as bad for women as they are reputed to be?
> Is there any serious movement or desire for change?
> 
> The only knowledge I have of this issue,
> unfortunately, is that which fits the stereotype.
> I am anxious to fill the gap in my knowledge in
> order to arrive closer to the truth, and that is why
> I am asking.
-- 

Throughout history, women in the west and all over the world was first looked 
upon as mere nonentity and later with the start of industrial revolution the 
whole social scene underwent a radical change and women suffered their worst
possible suffering yet in history, were she was over worked like men in 
addition to her responsibilities as a homemaker. Family life was ruined ever 
since.  Years passed and women in the west and all over the world is still 
straggling for basic rights that by law were never given to them. Americans 
till recently in their history gave women the right to vote. Women still tof
date don't get paid or be treated the same as men.

Needless to say, women in the west and including the US, are finding that their
newly won rights are not the answer for their quest of good life and equal 
living and opportunity. The rights that men gave women came with other problems
and concerns when women found themselves again trying to balance work, family,
and other life matters. They are becoming to realize that earned/given rights 
are not enough if they are not accompanied with real and genuine will from the
rest of the society. Men in the west have no motive to ensure and help freeing
women.

The previous lines only meant to represent the struggle of the western women
for rights and life that Islam gave right away to Moslem women accompanied with
the teachings that ensure the male respect for their rights and life and making
that as a part of being a Moslem.

There is no time now to go into /Women in Islam/ there are books and books 
regarding that subject in Islam. Or you could read the Holy Qur'an and The 
Prophet's (may peace be upon Him) sayings. However, what about the Arab women?

Arab women, and they are mostly Moslem, were for many years subject to a 
propaganda by the west and by the dictators ruling the Arabic/Moslem countries.
Their motives were and still are, to destroy the Arab family structure by 
subjecting the society to a brainwashing campaigns and to economic pressures 
to force the Arab women to go through what women went through in the west.
One of the obvious plans to destroy families through exploiting women were, in 
most Muslim countries, forcing them to travel and relocate -most cases alone- 
in order for them to start a job to earn a living and support herself and 
family or just to continue her quest for higher education.

Arab/Moslem women are still subjected to the western propaganda showing them 
as women of the thousand-nights tales and notably women in the west are 
currently actually living these same tales in real life with the influence of
ungodly power, drugs and alcohol addictions. 

So, to sum up, finally huh? :) , whatever the west is claiming and planning for
the Arab/Moslem women is being supported be the local dictators working for the
same goals. Islam puts women on the same level as men both are subject to the 
same rules and orders, and Islam even puts motherhood on higher grounds.




Wasalamu Alaikum.

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