Argumentative Research Paper
Introduction women’s status before Islam
Syed Mohammed, Ali. The Position of Women in Islam: A Progressive View.Albany: State
University of New York Press, 2004. Print.
“In pre-Islamic Arabia the status of women was even worse. Women were treated as nothing but chattel”
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Introduction Women’s Status in Islam
Nasir, Jamal J. The Status of Women Under Islamic Law and Modern Islamic Legislation. Vol. 3rd ed. rev. and updated work, Brill | Nijhoff, 2009. Print.
“Muslim women, as well as men, are called upon to acquire extensive knowledge to understand and follow all the teachings of Islam”
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Present the Debate among the Scholars
Alatiyat, Ibtesam. and Hassan Barari. “Liberating Women with Islam? The Islamists and Women’s Issues in Jordan.” Totalitarian Movements & Political Religions, vol.11, no. 3– 4, (Sept 2010): 359–378.
The two authors Hassan Al-Barari and Ibtisam Al-Attiyat explain in their article “Liberating Women with Islam? The Islamists and Women’s Issues in Jordan”, how the Muslim woman in Jordan is still fighting for the rights granted to her by Islam, such as the right to representation in the government and parliament, cases of killing women in defense of honor, and the issue of raising the marriage age. However, Islamic movements still oppose these rights, saying that Islam is a religion of justice, not equality, and pressure is being put on the government and parliament members to refrain from passing such laws.
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Present the Debate among the Scholars:
Syed Mohammed, Ali. The Position of Women in Islam: A Progressive View.Albany: State
University of New York Press, 2004. Print.
" Of course, the Muslim woman's position is far from an exalted one today. This is surprising and unacceptable in light of the rights conferred on women by Islam over 1400 years ago"
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First Paragraph Women and Education:
Nasir, Jamal J. The Status of Women Under Islamic Law and Modern
Islamic Legislation. Vol. 3rd ed. rev. and updated work, Brill Nijhoff, 2009.
“Muslim women, as well as men, are called upon to acquire extensive knowledge to understand and follow all the teachings of Islam, and to abide by the fi ve essential religious duties known as the Pillars of Islam. A Muslim cannot perform these duties, which include the ritual ablution, daily prayer and the correct recitation of the creed, without fi rst learning how to do so, and certain verses of the Qur’an have to be memorized in order to pray.”
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Nasir, Jamal J. The Status of Women Under Islamic Law and Modern
Islamic Legislation. Vol. 3rd ed. rev. and updated work, Brill Nijhoff, 2009.
" There can be no doubt whatsoever that it was the Prophet's wish that not only should women receive a proper education, but that they should also participate actively
in the Muslim community"
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Second Paragraph Women and Marriage:
Syed Mohammed, Ali. The Position of Women in Islam: A Progressive View.Albany: State
University of New York Press, 2004. Print.
“The Quran and the Hadith confer the right of independence to a Muslim woman to enter into a marriage contract without the interference of the marriage guardian”
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Nasir, Jamal J. The Status of Women Under Islamic Law and Modern Islamic Legislation. Vol. 3rd ed. rev. and updated work, Brill Nijhoff, 2009.
“Because it is absolutely essential to a valid union that the woman gives her consent to it, the Sunni law requires two witnesses being present at the conclusion of the marriage contract, each of whom has to ensure that both the man and the woman give their consent freely, and without any coercion.”
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Third Paragraph Women and Inheritance:
Nasir, Jamal J. The Status of Women Under Islamic Law and Modern Islamic Legislation. Vol. 3rd ed. rev. and updated work, Brill Nijhoff, 2009.
“The reforms brought about by the Shari’ah secured inheritance rights for women by ensuring that no-one falling into what are classed as “vulnerable categories” (i.e., women, as well as children and the elderly) can be excluded from their rightful inheritance in the estate of a deceased; which means neither the deceased’s parents, spouse nor children can be excluded”
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Omran, Abdel R. Chapter 3: The Status of Women in Islam. Family Planning in the Legacy of Islam, Taylor & Francis Ltd / Books, (1992): 40–58.
the author emphasizes that the differences in inheritance between women and men are among the most common misconceptions about women's position in Islam. The author explains the verses that form part of the inheritance law and argues that the share's size may differ according to circumstances and responsibilities. Usually, higher shares go to those who need more. She adds that a Muslim man is responsible for all the females in his family, including his sister, in the event of the father's death, so Islam has made a man's inheritance double of a woman's inheritance, and not as it argued that Islam did not equate Women and men and make them less important, because Islam is the one that established the right of women to inherit.
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Forth Paragraph Women and Work:
Sidani, Yusuf. “Women, Work, and Islam in Arab Societies”. Women in Management Review, Vol. 20 No. 7, (2005): 498-512.
“Khadija the wife of Muhammad the Prophet of Islam was a thriving business‐woman and at one point her husband's employer. Later on, Muslim women became active and played a visible role in the affairs of the young community."
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Ridley, Yvonne. "Muslim Women Contribution to Economic Activities: A Viewpoint". Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research, Vol. 7 No. 1, (2016): 2-5.
“Muslim Women Contribution to Economic Activities: A Viewpoint”, the author Yvonne Ridley quotes,” Islamic Sharia does not discriminate Muslim women economically nor socially as often portrayed in the Western media. Islam outlines the specific rights and obligations of men and women to ensure development of a healthy society”
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Conclusion:
Sidani, Yusuf. “Women, Work, and Islam in Arab Societies”. Women in Management Review, Vol. 20 No. 7, (2005): 498-512.
“’Men and women represent two branches of a single tree and two children from the same father, Adam, and mother, Eve. Their common origin, their general human qualities, their equal accountability in relation to religious duties (with ensuing reward or punishment) and the unity of their destiny all testify to their equality (Al‐Qaradawi, 1998).”’
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