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skyrider

Education, Or Indoctination?

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I especially like the woman that has to hide her hair, telling the young girls that islam gave women rights long before America did, then in her next breath seperates the girls from the boys, so the men can pray!:D



Actually, she's right.

The Koran forbids female infanticide. A Muslim woman doesn't change her name upon marriage, but keeps her family name as a sign of her own identity. The Koran encourages women to seek knowledge and education (Al-Mujadilah 58:11), and forbids men from denying women permission to go to mosques. Women were also allowed to own personal property that remained hers even after a marriage, and women were given inheritance rights that had previously been restricted to male relatives only. The Koran also states that men and women are born of one soul and are therefore equal (though not the same) in this life and the afterlife. Surah an-Nisa' 4:1. And, Islam does not blame Eve alone for original sin. They're both held responsible.

While the rights of women were very progressive at the time of Mohammad and women were given more rights and freedom than they had in many other societies of the time, many predominately Muslim countries stagnated at that point while the rest of the world continued to grant more and more rights to women.

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