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Do Women and Men have equal rights?Indeed,Muslim women have,and had since 600 A.D.. Non-Muslim women have been oppressed and suppressed for centuries.Judaism and Christianity consider women to be an inferior species,born sinners,unclean etc. As for atheism,it is not a religion,and thus have no rules.If a chauvinist leader is elected,he may decide to revoke a law allowing women to vote and replace it with one that forbids it.And again, another leader may come up and pass another Bill declaring owning of property by women to be illegal etc.And of course,a just leader may appear centuries later and declare women and men to be equal?. However,since this is so unreliable,we cannot say that atheism gives women rights.In the early 18Th century,the English critic Daniel Defoe denounced marriage as "legalized prostitution." English law dispossessed any woman who married,with the notable exception of England's queens.Women were not allowed to own property or land or to control their own assets.William Blackstone,a celebrated 18Th century jurist, put it this way:"By marriage, the very being or legal existence of a woman is suspended,or at least incorporated or consolidated into that of the husband,under whose wing, protection, or cover she performs everything."
With the advent of Islam came the verse from the Quran elevating women,honoring them and giving them equal rights with men.Though as we notice in some cases,women have been given greater privilege that men(as in the case when a Muslim woman marries,she becomes an owner of her husband?s property,BUT her property remains hers alone, and her husband has no right over her wealth)
?Can they marry whom they themselves choose??Ah, am I astounded!?I am afraid you have little idea about Islam and the Quran.Had you the slightest knowledge regarding Islamic laws,you would not have asked such a question.Forced marriage is completely forbidden in Islam.Muslim woman chooses whom she wishes to marry,and according to Islamic law,if she is forced into marriage, it(the marriage)will NOT be valid.And the person who forces her shall no longer remain Muslim.And marriage in Islam is a contract, not sacrament as in other religion.And women retains all her rights after marriage unlike The Common law of England until a few centuries ago,which defined a married woman as being one with her husband,who had to give up her name, and virtually all her property came under her husband's control.During the early history of the United States, a man virtually owned his wife and children as he did his material possessions.If a poor man chose to send his children to the poorhouse,the mother was legally defenseless to object.
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What is haram in islam?
