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Who Stole Freedom From Arab Women?

Sahar

Well-Known Member
Humankind's freedom means self-determination to direct one's course in life according to his or her vision. This vision is the product of the long experience acquired, together with the experience of others from different cultures. Everyone has a unique vision of life, like a fingerprint. The free practice of this vision generates personal happiness.

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]From this definition, one may ask, "Is the contemporary woman free and therefore happy?"[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]Whenever the predicament of women's freedom is discussed, fingers immediately point to the radical Islamic culture. Such an accusation is partly true.[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]Twin Horns of Oppression[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]It is not difficult for observers to discover the two main roots of discrimination against women. The first root is attributed to a radical Islamic school. This is a particular religious school that has dominated the Islamic World for decades through the power of oil, until it was accepted by the public as "the" religious school instead of "a" religious school.[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]This school compares women to precious jewels (a famous metaphor in their literature), which should be kept in closed velvet boxes to be seen only by the owners.[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]Then there is the second main root: gender feminists. This root dominates the world with the power of the new global system, spreading a notion of democracy and enlightenment with armies and financial aid.[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]In the literature of gender feminists, women are subject to experiments exactly like guinea pigs; they are labeled "gender" without considering their physical and psychological uniqueness.[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]Radical Islamic School[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]Both the Islamic and feminist radicals alike compete to practice guardianship over women by imposing their dogmas upon them. Meanwhile, women grow more poor, more illiterate, more increasingly marginalized, and more unhappy.[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]Thousands of female nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from both radicals spend millions of dollars on hypocritical slogans, while the status of women remains the same. Those NGOs tend to politicize women's issues to settle their ideological disputes. This attitude, which makes use of women's suffering, is the most oppressive and discriminatory among all other immoral practices.[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]The radical Islamic vision is really dangerous because it is the most popular among Muslims (especially in the Gulf region). It comforts those who were "tamed" by their regimes as it enables them to refrain from the social or political realms of reform, which they claim to be affairs not related to religion.[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]This vision subjugated women as part of the process of subjugating the whole society. It isolates women from the world at large using a highly Freudian approach to reading some holy Islamic texts.[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]This school of Islam makes use of the fact that the majority of the Muslim population is ignorant of classical Arabic in which the original texts were written. Therefore, the scholars of this school of Islam act as mediators by interpreting the holy texts according to their vision. They zoom in on what may substantiate their views and zoom out of what does not.[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]This mentality believes that there is no place in Paradise for female martyrs, revolutionists, scientists, creative artists, and social workers. They believe there is only room for women who, all their lives, have never crossed the threshold of their parents' home except twice: once to their husbands' homes upon marriage and the other to the grave![/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]This Islamic school is strongly supported by some regimes as it presents an anesthetizing alternative to the reformist Islamist school, which every now and then tends to open files of political, social, and economic corruption, thus stirring up the "masses."[/FONT]​
 

Sahar

Well-Known Member
[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]Radical Feminism

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[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]Radical feminism is known to have started as an instrument for Marxism to enable the proletariat to increase in number by making women work.[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]Later in the 19th century, wars in the European continent started and women had to go out to work to make up for the lost or disabled men.[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]Thus, it becomes apparent that the shortage of employees was the real reason behind this historical claim.[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]Radical feminism adopts two successful methods to reach the target of claiming "all" women. The first is the quota system, through which the feminists pressure the governments to give women a 50-percent share in all fields of employment, regardless of proficiency or competence for the job. This may require women to take more or less than the 50 percent quota![/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]

T his rigid, thoughtless application will definitely lead to more chaos in the administrative body of any state.[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]The second method uses a morality that places emphasis on considering domestic chores (care for children and the elderly, housekeeping, etc.) a menial job because it is unpaid.[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]The label "traditional roles" makes domestic work a taboo. Radical feminism has managed to implant this feeling of inferiority among housewives. They pushed them — against their will and circumstances — to go out to work, a matter that involved dramatic psychological pressures.[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]To challenge women's natural inclination toward love and marriage, radical feminism invented the strategy of vilifying (and "satanizing") men. In feminist literature, the only examples of men are abusing husbands, violent fathers, etc., with no mention of other examples of men who may act otherwise — those men who definitely have not become extinct yet.[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]As a pseudo-human philosophy, feminism addresses only one aspect of women: the materialist, ignoring the spiritual and emotional aspects. It teaches women selfishness by prioritizing the individual over the common good, be it familial or communal.[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]In our modern times, the exploitative multinational companies, which do not allow for any obstruction to their long-term goals, were behind the propagation of many of the feminist claims regarding women's going out to work.[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]Instead of bravely saying that family, marriage, and domestic roles are obstacles to the new global system (according to feminism), they sugarcoated the claim with human claims of empowerment, equality, and eradication of poverty for women. But has poverty really been eradicated with the presence of the feminist activities?[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]Common Ground[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]This radical feminism contradicts classical feminism. This latter has been spreading for years and it was heartily welcomed in the Arab World as it helped women to build their capacities and to incite their strengths to go out to work, whether paid or voluntary. Women were therefore able to benefit their societies without having to sacrifice their families or "traditional roles."[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]This common ground between the radical school of Islam and feminism is unmistakable despite the surface conflict that exists between them. Both radicals are two sides of one coin that has been issued by the same agent, with the environment influencing which shoe fits better:[/FONT]​
  • [FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]Both impose their anti-humanitarian discourse using the power of need.[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]Both use the same violent, degrading discourse against their opponents to cover their weaknesses and irrationality.[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]Both use ideology as a camouflage to serve either imperialism, capitalism, or oppression.[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]Both use women in a contrasting manner, among many instruments that serve their goals.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]Every woman was created to be independent and responsible. She is the only one who should decide for herself — when and how to be happy, when to go out or stay home, etc.[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]A woman does not need sponsors or guardians to respond when she asks, "Am I happy?" When she is not feeling happy, she does not need them to answer, "No, you are happy, even if you feel miserable; we know you better than you know yourself"![/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica]The true meaning of discrimination against women is confiscating women's freedom and using it against them.[/FONT]

By Amani Abul Fadl Farag
 

almifkhar

Active Member
my dear sister, people have a tendency of giving up their freedoms with both hands. women in the muslim world stole their own freedom just like women in the rest of the world. men may have the advantage of being physically stronger, but we ladies are mentally stronger and that beats brute force everytime. the bottom line is this slavery is a choice. let me give you a brief story of what i mean.
long before i came to islam, i met a man and had a child with this man. he was abusive mentally with me and he was a drug addict and chose to get high instead of taking care of me and his son. after 2 years i had enough so i left him while he was in jail. he wrote me a letter telling me how he was going to kill me. and then got out of jail a week later and did just what he said he would do. by the grace of god i am here today, but you know what, him beating and strangling me to the point of death removed any fears i had for him and i still left him. the point is, i chose freedom even if that freedom ment death (the ultimate freedom i must add) over his slavery and tyranny over me and my child. we all have choices in life and i don't care where you live or what your traditional background is let alone what your religion is or lack there of. if you want to be oppressed than you will be oppressed and it is as simple as that.

in the case of islam, there were reasons why the prophet set down equality between the sexes. he did it because good thriving society cannot come from one party being oppressed for all this breeds is evil. if a father is denying his daughter an education, it is her mothers responsibility to stand up for her daughter and point out to her husband his folly. if a husband is beating his wife it is up to his brother to point out his folly, further, it is his wifes responisiblity to stand up to his tyranny. this is how you break this vicious cycle of slavery, and this needs to be practiced in every arena of society.
 

Sahar

Well-Known Member
Reformation of women Fiqh and Islamic speech concerning women, this is for the part of radical Islamic thought.
 

TashaN

Veteran Member
Premium Member
Reformation of women Fiqh by whom? by women or by men who supposed to support women to do this reformation?
 
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