Why is it that Muslim Women are not allowed to attend Funerals?
441020
Muslim women are allowed to attend the prayer held in the mosque when a person dies. The thing they are prohibited from doing, is attending the burial. The reason for that is simple, they neither dig the grave, nor put the body of the deceased in it, nor do they take role in covering the body after wards, so there's no point of their attendance.
860589
I agree with you... Let the women choose what they would or wouldn't like... I am planning to visit Turkey and maybe get the picture of what's going on there first hand... I was shocked for the first time some years back when watching news... A lady who was a member of the Turkish parliament entered wearing Hijab... and all the men and other people there stood up raising their voices angrily asking her to remove her Hijab or else leave the session... It was indeed very rude... And she was defiant of neither removing her hijab nor leaving the session... Imagine an educated lady going through this... Yes, UAE is a very good example where no one is forced into anything... I have been to the UAE on several occassions and did wear my Hijab... Seeing some people not wearing Hijab did not encourage me to change my mind... It should be about choice...
331598
they cant drive, they cant do anything without the permission of a guy ,,, hell,, they cant leave the house without their father, husband or brother's written permission... Islam is very demeaning to women,,,and whoever says otherwise is just lying,,, I know.. I have been to some  Islamic countries.,, We are truly lucky for what we have and should not take our freeedoms for granted .
889595
Its not Islam who forbade it,it is Muslim act to hate it.For example,I love to hear my girlfriend sings.
494113
Speaking as a muslim woman who actually knows what the Quran says and the hadith say, I would say they are just being extreme and pick and choose what to believe in.  In the hadiths, the Prophet (PBUH) always excused insult such as this and would actually be very angry at how the muslims of today are acting.  I say that I know what it says, because I was never taken to a school like they are over there and I never had the posers brainwash me.  They brainwash these people and put their own interpretations into their minds while ignoring the parts that go against what THEY feel.  They like to scream about having rights over women, but they ignore the second part of that very same sentence that says women have the same rights over men.  They are just hypocrites.  They disgust me and make me angry that this is the face they want to show the world.  It pisses me off.
994929
I think this is individual. Those visiting Thailand or Sri Lanka during the tsuami had a horrible nightmare. I also think it would be a nightmare for a woman to visit an Islamic country since they restrict women so much.
788080
According to Islam Rules and Ethical Values Not a Muslim man/guy/boy and a Woman/girl/lady cannot marry to the woman or man respectively except the Muslims/Chiristianor Israel if any Muslim Violate this Rule It would be considered as a sin for whole life So be care ful ....This is nature's Rule, Muslims Should Follow this rule to be calm and to pass their life in peaceful manner\nNote: This Rule is only For Muslim  Not for Other Followers so dont considr it Extremism or fundamentalism
797090
I'm Jewish and there's nothing wrong with attending a funeral (despite what religion it maybe.) Part of being Jewish or of anything faith is showing compassion and support to your loved ones. The cousin was a loved member of your husband, show him the support he needs. Your not there to take practice in any religious rituals.
398775
No they are not and I can answer this beacuse I was on of Jehovah's Witnesses. Muslims not to be partical serve allah and have differen rules to go by. We do not dress up in garbs or pray out in the open, nor do we go to mass or have more that one wife. And they don't read the bible eather it's called the korron.
599413
1.  Nuns choose to devote their lives to God alone and have the FREEDOM to leave this way of life.\n\n2.  Muslim women living in these religious dictatorships have NO choice/No rights\n\n3.  The Hi jab can be viewed (by those who appreciate freedom) as a tool to hide and degrade women in Arab society.  Does she have any choice but to cover herself?
18533
In the past Dhimmi were also not allowed to enter certain professions, were often discriminated against and given an extra tax to pay for the privilege of being 'tolerated' by their hosts.\n\nDhimmi - such a privilege, not!
591423
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.
571414
if your talking about mutah marriage or urfy marriage that's a new thing,,,,but it's against Islam but some people do it anyways...it is where 2 people get married with out anyone knowing and with out paying a dowry...it had become popular in some countries like Egypt and Iran but it is not allowed in Islam.....by the way Iran is a Shiya Muslim Country and Shiya Muslims are not considered Muslims....they are different....
332419
I do not mean to offend you or any one else, but I have read many parts of the Koran that are self-contradictory.Men have the right to beat wives who they do not find submissive (most of the men defining 'submissive' are the ones we want least defining it)and a woman's testimony is worth half a man's. Women inherit only half as much in societies where they may need it twice as much as their brothers, inasmuch some women are not allowed to work. Many of the misogynistic influences in the Middle East existed before Islam,but why are extremists hijacking this "Religion of Peace," and why are so few men standing up to proclaim, open Koran in hand, "I have found that women are equal to us, right here"? I know many brave souls are standing up to the fanatics, but...where are they?
1130893
Off the top of my head:\n\n1.  Sharia law puts women into a second class status.  They are not even competent to be witnesses in court.\n\n2.  Sharia law puts non-muslims into second class status.  Under Sharia law non-muslims have no inherent right to practice their religion.  Their chuches and temples can be closed at any moment for no reason.  Their children can be denied religious instruction and in some instances have been forcibly converted to Islam.   And, like women, evidence from non-Muslims may be (and commonly is) totally disregarded by Sharia courts.  \n\n3.  Sharia law makes conversion from Islam to another religion a death penalty offense for both the convert, the person who converted him or her, and anyone else involved.\n3. A.  It also makes the sale of land by a Muslim to a non-Muslin a death penalty offense.\n\n4.  Sharia law's penalties are best described as running from harsh to barberic.  As noted,  many offences against Islam are subject to the death penalty; other offenses are punished by "merely" maiming the defendant by chopping off a hand or a foot or blinding him.\n\n5.  Sharia law allows for persons other than the husband or wife to bring a divorce action on the "grounds" one of the spouses has committed "aposty", that is in the eyes of the third party has in some manner  "offended" Islam.  \n\n6.  Sharia law gives the sole right of divorce to the husband, and automactically awards the husband sole custody of the children. \n\n7.  When coupled with tribal traditions, Sharia courts have come up with such abominations as decreeing that a girl child be gang raped to punish her tribe for the voluntary sexual activity of one of her relatives with an adult member of another tribe.\n\n8.  Sharia law as currently practiced appears to approve of suicide bombers (at least when the targets are not Muslims).\n\n9.   Sharia law does not work well when applied to disputes arisinng from  business transactions or intenational commerce.  This is in part because Sharia law prohibits interest, and as noted above, does not give equal weight to evidence produced by non-Muslims.
824706
people who are racist n say this in hatred,ignorance.\n\nIslam clearly prohibit this,n rights for women in this issue are clearly prescribed in Quran....sura Noor
248068
Funeral are religious events.  If you google: "funeral customs  muslim"  you will come up with customs in arab countries.  http://www.iraq-outlook.com/Iraq-Aqua-Parks/iraqi-funeral-customs-muslim-arab-middle-east.html\n\nTo find others, change the faith name, eg. buddist, hindu, etc.