Islam: The Mistreatment Of Muslim Women

What have people typically thought of when they hear the words “Islam” and “women in the same sentence? Do they think about the important historical women in Islam? Or maybe they think about the billion dollar companies owned by women? If not that, then they most likely think about the oppression of women in Islam. Many people have the misconceived notion that all women in Islam are mistreated. That the women are abused by the males in their family because it is the law of their holy book. The common belief that Muslim women are being mistreated is not completely true, the religion and the culture do not condone it. Even though in some cultures of Islam, they do allow the mistreatment of women, there are a larger number of cultures that do

The religion of Islam does not condone the maltreatment of women. Shaykh Mohammad Akram Nadwi had said, when asked about what the Koran says about women, “Women must be treated with respect and dignity,” (“WHAT). Those who mistreat women and justify their actions with the Koran are reading the Koran incorrectly. Since the Koran clearly states that women should be treated equally. Men cannot blame religion for what the their culture created. In Islam it is taboo to abuse women. All forms of assault and wrongs done to/agaist women are not condoned (“Don’t). There is still oppression within some of the Muslim countries, but you are wrong to assume it is okay according to their sacred book. While the Koran says that women should be treated with respect and dignity that does not mean that to be respected they must wear the hijab. The concept of the hijab is supposed to have a broader interpretation. The hijab is supposed to mean modesty, not just the article of clothing that women are supposed to wear (“WHAT). The hijab is not to cover up themselves so they do not take the “spotlight” away from the males and so they don’t distract the males. The hijab is to show modesty and humility. The women are devoting themselves to their God as a form of modesty. The Koran says that both women and men should be modest, they hijab is not worn because the Koran says that

The majority of the people in some of the most conservative Muslim society support women's rights (Mic.). That’s not saying all countries/societies supports women’s equal rights, but a good amount do. In some of the countries, women and (a small amount of) men are fighting for the equality women deserve. In the bigger Arab countries, women outnumber men in Universities. This is not the only significant fact, there are also women who have managed to climb the ever long mountain of the food chain. There are some Muslim women who are CEO’s of billion dollar companies, (Mic.). Not only does this show that Muslim women are fighting society's standards, but this also shows how the society is allowing the women to do so. The culture in those societies is letting the women push the walls down that were once up to shield them from opportunity. In Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia, Turkey, and Segal there have been women who are a part of the government and even the heads of State. This is also a great example of the culture not condoning the oppression of women but, by actually allowing them to make a difference in the world or even just in their country. The media only likes to focus on the negative in the world so it makes sense that all people hear about it the oppression of women and not how well women are treated in the Islamic