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Subject: Women in Islam
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kekasih 11.01.13 - 03:28am
O mankind! Reverence your Guardian-Lord, who created you from a single person, created, of like nature, his mate, and from this pair scattered (like seeds) countless men and women. Reverence God, through Whom you demand your mutual (rights), and reverence the wombs (that bore you); for God ever watches over you. (4:1) * +

kekasih 11.01.13 - 03:29am
The Prophet of Islam, peace be upon him, said, ''Women are the twin halves of men''. The Qur'an emphasizes the essential unity of men and women in a most beautiful simile: * +

kekasih 11.01.13 - 03:29am
They (your wives) are your garment and you are a garment for them. (2:187) * +

kekasih 11.01.13 - 03:30am
And among His signs is this, that He has created for you mates from among yourselves, that you may dwell in tranquillity with them; and He has put love and mercy between you. Verily in that are signs for those who reflect. (30:21) * +

kekasih 11.01.13 - 03:31am
The Qur'an admonishes those men who oppress or ill-treat women: * +

kekasih 11.01.13 - 03:31am
O you who believe! You are forbidden to inherit women against their will. Nor should you treat them with harshness, that you may take away part of the dowry you have given them - except when they have become guilty of open lewdness. On the contrary live with them on a footing of kindness and equity. If you take a dislike to them, it may be that you dislike something and God will bring about through it a great deal of good. (4:19) * +

kekasih 11.01.13 - 03:32am
Considering the fact that before the advent of Islam the pagan Arabs used to bury their female children alive, make women dance naked in the vicinity of the Ka'ba during their annual fairs, and treat women as mere chattels and objects of sexual pleasure -- possessing no rights or position whatsoever, these teachings of the Noble Qur'an were revolutionary. * +

kekasih 11.01.13 - 03:32am
Unlike other religions, which regarded women as being possessed of inherent sin and wickedness, and men as being possessed of inherent virtue and nobility, Islam regards men and women as being of the same essence created from a single soul. * +

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