The Status of Women in Islamic Culture
It often seems that in the western world everyone knows about certain religions-- namely Christianity and Judaism. However there are numerous other religions that we, as a society, know very little about even though they are very popular throughout the world. One fifth of the world population is composed of Islamic people yet in this part of the world we seem to know very little about this religion. Islam is fairly simple and extremely similar to those religions that we do know a lot about. Within this widespread culture that we know very little about there, is an extremely antifeminist infrastructure that is based on the status of the religion and not the religion itself. Allah, the most inclusive of the names of God, is the same God that is worshiped by Muslims, Christians, and Jews (Islam 101). The name Allah is an Arabic word meaning, "One who is adorned in worship, who creates all that exists, who has priority over all creation, one who is lofty and hidden, who confounds all human understanding" (Islam 101). Islam itself means, "Self-surrender to the will of God" (Islam 101). In order to understand Islamic culture you must first understand their beliefs and rituals. Muslims believe that th
The laws of United States of America are written in the same vague fashion that the Koran is, everyone has their own interpretation of our laws. Women are seen as week and emotional. Women are believed to lack reason and are emotional, "They should not be given the right to divorce because its great impediment is women's special mentality which like spring weather and infantile temperament is in a state on constant fluxion. "Seclusion and veiling, however, both presumably of Persian and possibly Byzantine origin - were legitimized by exegete who interpreted the vague and general Koranic provisions to sanction them" (Hussain 25). From birth, women are forced to believe that they are unwanted, that they are an accident, and a poor substitute for a boy (Ahmed 186). All Islamic rituals are centered on the Five Pillars, which consist of Iman, Salah, Zakah, Sawm, and Hajj. Women are rarely allowed to leave the house. Some people view a strict interpretation while others have a more lenient interpretation. Muhammad is Allah's servant and prophet; he is the most respected and greatest of all prophets. If modern Islamic authorities choose to disregard secondary material and were to return to interpret the original texts they would very easily change the status of women.
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