hello melody
i got to tell you that i am educated and have never been beaten or abused in any way shape or form by my parents or anyone else for that matter. my muslim husband treats me like the queen that i am.
islam is not a religion for men, it is a religion of unity and equality. for example, (and i am not trying to bash the bible so please don't take it that way) the bible states that it was eve who cursed mankind by her sin. the quran states that both adam and eve cursed mankind because of their sins.
the purpose of veiling is for respect. if a woman is veiled and a man cannot see what her beauty looks like than he is forced to deal with her mind. a woman is never to be viewed as a peice of meat for a man to use and violate.
the purpose of men working outside the home and women working inside the home is for the survival of society. a womans most sacred job is the raising of her childern. if our children are not getting the attention, love and support that children need from mom, than society falls apart. don't believe it, just look around at our american society. the other purpose of this is that man has a hard time multitasking and for a woman this is easy to do for it is our nature to be able to do this.
muslim sisters were given the right to own property and businesses long before christian sisters were allowed such a thing and this happened only after political pressure, not religious pressure.
we are allowed and incuraged to gain education especially were religious matters are concerned. yes we can only apporched the iman with a male close relative, but did not paul say that a woman could only ask her husband about religious matters and was not allowed to speak in church let alone to the preist?
every muslim father has to teach his children both boys and girls how to fire a gun, swim and ride a horse. for these are lessons of survival.
you see, muhammad was the first man to understand the plight of women and girls. he said that a father should show more favortism to his daughters because they are the ones who tend to be abused. he was the first one to outlaw the buying and selling of women and female infantcide. further it is said that a man who has more daughters than sons is blessed.
as far as sex goes, the only requirement of the women is to give to her husband sex with in reason. he has to dance to what she says. if he comes to her and says that he wants her to have anal sex or invite another person into the bed, this is a sin and this is disrespectful and she has every right to refuse and go so far as to request a divorce. nor can he rape her!
basically what muhammad was saying and putting down as law was that if women are mentally and physically messed up, society will fall apart. perhaps you read too much into what western feminism says. keep in mind, western feminism says that we women should act and be just like men. they are the ones who have underminded us ladies. we are not men and we think differently than men do so how can we be like men? why would any self respecting women want to be like a man? another thing to note is that islam forces men to be men. this is a mans world right? well than they are obligated to be the main provider, protecter, and fathers for their wives an children. i can't believe my so called educated western sisters allow them to run away from their obligations. it blows my mind to see so many single mothers who support a man who wont marry them let alone help pay a bill or put a chicken on the table. i don't have these problems with my muslim husband for we both know that we stand at an equal level. and i have islam to thank for that.