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The Status of Women in Islam
In the West, Islam is believed to be the symbol of the subordination of women par excellence. In order to understand how firm this belief is, it is enough to mention that the Minister of Education in France, the land of Voltaire, has recently ordered the expulsion of all young Muslim women wearing the veil from French schools! A young Muslim student wearing a headscarf is denied her right of education in France, while a Catholic student wearing a cross or a Jewish student wearing a skullcap is not. The scene of French policemen preventing young Muslim women wearing headscarves from entering their high school is unforgettable. It inspires the memories of another equally disgraceful scene of Governor George Wallace of Alabama in 1962 standing in front of a school gate trying to block the entrance of black students in order to prevent the desegregation of Alabama's schools.
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First published January 1, 2012
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September 22, 2024
*Nothing about this review is indicative of any thoughts of the religions discussed nor is the review biased because of any religions discussed*
This book started off so well, very well arguemented and a very good source of reference for comparisons between three major religions on the topic of women.
However, the second half kind of falls off a little bit and the comparisons get a little less cohesive (especially the chapter on polygyny, where the author brings up about 10 different studies stating the benefit of it, when she doesn’t do this for any other point in the book and has already explained the religious reasons behind polygamy, it’s not really needed and seen as a weird tangent)
(And the last chapter mentioning the hijab as a detriment of rape, when this is not the case unfortunately, this is a poor argument when the hijab has multiple good arguments that could’ve been chosen from)
(And not to mention the author uses “I know somebody…” as a point for an argument - this is a poor thing to add to an argument if you want it to have high validity)
The book is well referenced in terms of scripture, however, in terms of studies and real life case studies or statements, numbers are put at the end of the statement, however, there is no glossary to find the full reference, nor are there in text citations, which means finding the references are much harder and the text is a lot less reliable.
The author does very well at comparing the religious texts against each other which I will probably go back to, however, a very poor job at referencing and going off on tangents in the later half of the book.
A quick read nonetheless.
This book started off so well, very well arguemented and a very good source of reference for comparisons between three major religions on the topic of women.
However, the second half kind of falls off a little bit and the comparisons get a little less cohesive (especially the chapter on polygyny, where the author brings up about 10 different studies stating the benefit of it, when she doesn’t do this for any other point in the book and has already explained the religious reasons behind polygamy, it’s not really needed and seen as a weird tangent)
(And the last chapter mentioning the hijab as a detriment of rape, when this is not the case unfortunately, this is a poor argument when the hijab has multiple good arguments that could’ve been chosen from)
(And not to mention the author uses “I know somebody…” as a point for an argument - this is a poor thing to add to an argument if you want it to have high validity)
The book is well referenced in terms of scripture, however, in terms of studies and real life case studies or statements, numbers are put at the end of the statement, however, there is no glossary to find the full reference, nor are there in text citations, which means finding the references are much harder and the text is a lot less reliable.
The author does very well at comparing the religious texts against each other which I will probably go back to, however, a very poor job at referencing and going off on tangents in the later half of the book.
A quick read nonetheless.
July 22, 2024
This book opened my eyes to some things I did not know before. I agree Muslims, Jews and Christians are created by the same God. As a Muslim revert ( and remind you Im still learning) I found it insane how Christians didnt consider men and women to be equal. In my opinion even if Eve did eat the apple first, you are considered a team, Adam should have opened his mouth and said wait its poision dont eat. But a series of events had to happen in order for us to be where we are. In Islam for the most part its equality. I noticed with Christian pastors they had a way of adding things and when I checked the bible it didnt add up. Left me so confused.
Another thing I found insane was, Jewish women are not allowed to read the Torah. Will it make them smarter than the men? Jewish men repeat a prayer PRAISE BE TO GOD THAT HE HAS NOT CREATED ME A WOMAN OR AN IGNORAMUS. Seriously I had to laugh. Why would you repeat this? It makes you sound like a IGNORAMUS. Catholics have their own version of the bible, what is this world coming to?
Another thing I found insane was, Jewish women are not allowed to read the Torah. Will it make them smarter than the men? Jewish men repeat a prayer PRAISE BE TO GOD THAT HE HAS NOT CREATED ME A WOMAN OR AN IGNORAMUS. Seriously I had to laugh. Why would you repeat this? It makes you sound like a IGNORAMUS. Catholics have their own version of the bible, what is this world coming to?
February 23, 2016
Very informative with specific references to the Bible, Torah, and Quran with regards to the traditional status of women in the three Abrahamic faiths.
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