How can Muslim women support a religion that marginalizes their existence?
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Because they have been conditioned to marginalize their existence all throughout their lives. There are man made dogmas in every religion. Few seems to care what the Prophet/Messenger taught. The Koran doesn't teach that women should marginalize their existence. Indeed men and women are equal before God.
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nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, women women women women...Islamic regime...i.e. theocracy...-->DESPOTISM, DICTATORSHIP,NO HUMAN RIGHTS, NO FREEDOM, INJUSTICE do urself and ur children's children and the world a favor and either leave or revolt...
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"the truth always remains as a minority view and grows only slowly" ... I totally agree with you .. because that's exactly what happened in Islam ..\n\nMuslims were very few .. one man (14 centuries ago).. and look around you .. how many millions Muslims are now (nearly one billion).. \n\nso if Islam was not a good religion it wouldn't have continued all these years .. at least its followers would have been getting less not increasing .. its followers would have left it .. but this didn't happen .. \n\nAnd about the growth of the Muslims due to High birth rates .. i think you may be right in case if you are talking about Muslim countries .. but i wonder if that is the case in European countries .. \n\nand please tell me if Islam is that desease you are talking about .. how come women, European women to be exact, are converting to Islam with big numbers .. is it because they want to be slaves .. or because they felt they will be more free within Islam ..\n\nI'm a Modern Muslim Girl and i assure you that there is no religion on earth treats woman better than Islam .. \n\nIslam equals man and woman in everything, duties, rewards and punishments .. Islam says that woman is free to use her money as she wishs .. that she keeps her family name and never be named after her huspand's family .. to work or not (as she wishs) .. to say her opinion when getting married (to accept or refuse) and if she refused , marriage is considered null or invalid .. and much much more ..\n\nif you want to know how Islam treats women follow these links:\n\nResources for and about Muslim Women:\nhttp://jannah.org/sisters/\n\nTHE STATUS OF WOMAN IN ISLAM\nBy Jamal A. Badawi\nhttp://www.iad.org/books/S-women.html\n\nAnd if you want to know why muslims believe so much that Islam is the true religion .. follow these links .. and tell me that these are lies:\nhttp://www.iad.org/books/S-women.html\nhttp://www.55a.net/firas/english/index.php\n\nI'm very religious .. but the last two websites when i navigated throw them and made sure that the information within them is true .. I had no doubt that i'm on the right way ..\n\nI hope i answered your question .. and i truely wish you find peace ..
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i didnt get ur question.im a muslim women.contact me at my email for any any any anything u ever have to say\n\nfreepurelol@yahoo.com
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It would be really helpful in answering to know where the woman is, as the world is a big and varied place.\n\nThe International convention on human rights enshrines freedom of religion - which means that all countries should allow people freedom to worship or not worship as they please, including changing their religion. Enforcing it is left up to individual governments though.\n\nPersecution for changing your religion is grounds for claiming asylum in Europe or North America, among othrs - the problem is getting the immigration authorities to believe that someone would really be at risk, that the authorities of the home country wouldn't protect the convert, and that they hadn't just made up the story in order to get asylum. In UK at least, the authorities seem programmed to disbelieve any claim not backed by strong evidence.\n\nEven in the West, a woman can be at risk from her family and community for changing religion or otherwise "disrespecting" and "dishonouring" her family. This does not only apply to Muslims. \n\nPeople in this situation need sensitive help, rather than people using them to score points against a religion. \n\nIn Islam, people can be killed for turning away from Islam. In practice, even in Iran, what people do privately is up to them, but converting publicly and evangelising would get you into serious problems; and if a woman's family chose to take their own measures, even if that was against the law, it's unlikely that the authorities would help he at all.\n\nMuslims are often criticised unjustly, but this aspect of it is hard to defend; in fact many Muslims do not agree with killing "apostates", even though the rulings on it seem unambiguous.\n\nBest wishes to the woman concerned, she needs to be careful and given understanding and all support.
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to atheist \nactually the only country that says  women cant drive is Saudi Arabia.and they made that rule for culture reasons not Islamic and they are even of thinking of getting rid of this law soon!and the stoning is for the adulter/adulteress.so men and women get stoned for committing that sin.and no Muslims country follows that punishment any more\n\ni so agree with Sabrina.its right many Muslim women do not know their rights as Muslim women.they only follow what their culture tells them to do.when Islam came the prophet Mohammad he forbid the Arabs from burying baby girls alive.Islam also gave women the right to divorce and property.\n\np.s i would like know how can a non-muslim tell a muslim(who knows their religion better) that the translation the sabrina gave is a load of crap.that doesnt make sense.thats like me telling a christian about their religion i have no right to tell them that their meanings of the bibles are wrong.ppl should respect other ppls beliefs.
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I agree with your statement.\n\nHow can women follow a religion that treats them like objects, servants and unequals.. for those that don't believe, check out these bible quotes -\n\nhttp://www.ethicalatheist.com/docs/bible_female.html
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You can't convince them.  They are not able to accept that you rejected their religion on evidences, because if they were to accept that, then that means that their religion CAN be rejected by an intelligent person on the basis of evidence.  They can't allow themselves to believe that because they need their religion to be true.  They need to believe that there is substantial evidence for their religion.\n\nTheir world would fall apart if they realized it wasn't as they think it is.  Too much is at stake for them.  It is very very hard to lay your religious beliefs on the line, TRULY look at them from a critical distance, because you have so much tied up with that religion.  It gives you emotional support, it forms your entire worldview, it is part of your self-identity and it is the most important element of your life.  It is frightening to even consider that it may be false.  So people are not able to see the evidence you put before them, because they are not looking at it objectively at all.\n\nYou can only have any effect with your evidences on those who are truly willing to look at them with true objectivity.  But that person is rare.  They are out there, obviously you were able to do it.  So you can only do so much in convincing people.
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really some ppl here make me luagh ...\n\nno dear islam dont say thats about women ... and where ever u were ... just try go and see how many non muslims women be muslims ...\n\nand ask them why make u become muslim if islam dont respect or give the rights for the women ... and they will tell u ..;)\n\nso be sure from ur informations about islam ( even i think u dont have any) and how much islam respect women ..\n\nGod/Allah bless u
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I'm a Muslim woman and i totally agree with you.\nIslam dignified the women.\nthanks God cause i'm Muslim
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Please show me where in the Koran it says that!\n\nWhat youre saying has nothing to do with Islam.\n\nEdit:\nThanks for the link but its taken way out of proportion and out of context.\nIslam regards women very highly. Why do you think there is a Chapter named after Mary in the Koran?? Its called "Mary".\n\nAlso, the Koran respects women so much that it says that Heaven is beneath women. Women are seen as special.\n\nAlso, you can find the same type of verse in other religions.\nDoes that mean they condone violence against women?\nOfcourse not.\nSame with Islam.
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visit http://askmuslims.com to get some help.  If you need any help, e-mail them and they will inshallah (God willing) reply you ASAP.
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Islam has saints - fakirs, but they do not cannonize them the way Roman Catholics do.\n\nNuns - women have limited role in Islam religion, they dont have nuns.\n\nThere is a heirarchy of preachers in the mosque, but it is more political that organizational. The higher ones can issue fatwahs, which others have to follow (supposedly).\n\nEach mosque has its own imams - preachers, and organizing committees, but nothing as formal as the roman catholic church.
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no thats not possible, Muslim women are only allowed to marry Muslim men.\nMuslim men can marry from other religions, but try to convince his wife of Islam and raise his children as Muslims.
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That is an outright stereotype!! This is not true at all, in Islam women are equal to men and if some Muslim men oppress women that is because they are not true followers of their religion and shouldn't be considered the norm just like not all Christians follow their religion and are not representative of what true Christians are!
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I've even seen feminists walk side by side with women in Burka to gain more rights ???\n\nThis world is in chaos... Those who fight for freedom and liberties sleep with those who wish to take them away from others by their Theocratic ideologies.
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I'm a Muslim and we are thought to treat the other religions and their followers with respect. I would suggest you to try to do the same thing.