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TRADITIONAL WOMEN ROLES IN ISLAMIC
NYEMAH TAYLOR
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WHAT IS ISLAM?
• IT’S A MONOTHEISTIC AND ABRAHAMIC RELIGION ARTICULATED BY THE QUR’AN, A BOOK CONSIDERED BY ITS ADHERENTS TO BE THE VERBATIM WORD OF GOD (ALLAH)
• THE TEACHINGS AND NORMATIVE OF MUHAMMAD, CONSIDERED BY THEM TO BE THE PROPHET OF GOD.
• AN ADHERENT OF ISLAM IS CALLED A MUSLIM.
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WHAT’S TO BE WORN FOR A FEMALE
• HIJAB- IS A VEIL THAT COVERS THE HEAD AND CHEST
• WORN BY A MUSLIM FEMALE, BEYOND THE AGE OF PUBERTY IN THE PRESENCE OF ADULT MALES.
• CONFORMS TO A CERTAIN STANDARD OF MODESTY, PRIVACY, AND MORALITY.
• QUR’AN DEMANDS WOMEN TO WEAR THE GARMENTS KNOWN AS TODAY OVER GARMENTS AND KHUMUR.
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TRADITIONAL WOMEN ROLES• THE QUR’AN STATES THAT BOTH WOMEN AND MEN SHOULD HAVE EQUAL
RIGHTS, BUT THAT’S NOT TRUE.
• WOMEN IN THE MUSLIM RELIGION DO NOT HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS TO MAKE:
-INDEPENDENT DECISIONS ABOUT A CHOICE OF (MARRIAGE) PARTNER
-GETTING A DIVORCE
- CUSTODY OF THEIR CHILDREN
• THE QUR’AN ALLOWS MUSLIM MEN TO TAKE UP TO FOUR OR MORE WIVES, IT INSISTS ON EQUAL TREATMENT TO THEM ALL. ( WOMEN DON’T HAVE NO SAY IN THIS)
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TRADITIONAL WOMEN ROLES CONT.• MANY WOMEN TODAY ARE ACTIVELY AFFIRMING THE RIGHTS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THEY BELIEVE THE QUR’AN AFFORDS THEM.
• MOST AMERICANS BELIEVE THAT MUSLIM WOMEN ARE OPPRESSED BY THEIR RELIGION, FORCED TO COVER THEMSELVES COMPLETELY, DENIED EDUCATION AND OTHER BASIC RIGHTS.
• MOST TRADITIONAL MUSLIMS EITHER ACTIVELY OR PASSIVELY STILL AFFIRM THE NECESSITY OF WOMEN REMAINING AT HOME AND PUBLICLY INACTIVE.
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TRADITIONAL WOMEN ROLES CONT#2• THE WOMEN’S ROLE OF BEING A MOTHER AND WIFE ARE NOT HER ONLY JOB.
• ISLAM PERMITS WOMEN TO PERFORM:
~ HAJJ (PILGRIMAGE)
~TO EXERCISE THE VOTE
~ENGAGE IN POLITICS
~TO TAKE UP EMPLOYMENT
~RUN HER OWN BUSINESS
~MAINTAINING THE MASJIDS
MEMORIZING THE QUR’AN & AHADITH
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TRADITIONAL WOMEN ROLES CONT#3• WOMEN ARE EXPECTED TO BEHAVE IN LINE WITH SOCIAL,
CULTURAL, OR RELIGIOUS CODES ( GENDER ROLES)
• IN PRACTICE OF GENDER ROLES OFTEN AFFECT WOMEN ADVERSELY IMPEDING THEIR SELF- DETERMINATION IN AREAS LIKE;
- SOCIAL-ECONOMIC STATUS
- FREEDOM OF RIGHTS
- STATUS WITHIN THE FAMILY
- HEALTH
- LIFE EXPECTATION
• REFORMIST AND FEMINIST HAVE CHALLENGED WOMEN'S LACK OF RIGHTS AND LACK OF CONTROL OVER THEIR OWN LIVES IN MUSLIM LAWS.
• THE ROLE OF THE MUSLIM WOMEN IS THAT OF BEING OBEDIENT TO
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FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM• FIVE BASIC ACTS IN SLAM THAT’S CONSIDER MANDATORY BY ANY BELIEVER AND ARE THE FOUNDATION OF MUSLIM LIFE.
• THEY MAKE UP MUSLIM LIFE, PRAYER, CONCERN FOR THE NEEDY, SELF PURIFICATION AND PILGRIMAGE.
• EACH MUSLIM MUST FULFILL THESE OBLIGATIONS IN HIS/HERS LIFETIME. THEY ARE AS FOLLOWED:
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FIVE PILLARS CONT.~SHAHADA: FAITH
-DECLARING THERE IS NO GOD EXCEPT ALLAH, AND MUHAMMAD IS ALLAH’S MESSENGER.
~SALAT: PRAYER
-RITUAL PRAYER FIVE TIMES A DAY
~SAWM: FASTING
-FASTING AND SELF-CONTROL DURING THE BLESSED MONTH OF RAMADAN
~ZAKAT:
-GIVING 2.5% OF ONE’S SAVINGS TO THE POOR AND NEEDY
~HAJJ:
-PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA THAT LAST ONCE IN A LIFETIME IF HE/SHE IS ABLE TO DO SO.
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PICTURES
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WORK- CITED PAGE• HTTP://
WWW.SAUDIEMBASSY.NET/ABOUT/COUNTRY-INFORMATION/ISLAM/FIVE_PILLARS_OF_ISLAM.ASPX
• HTTP://KHILAFAH.COM/INDEX.PHP/THE-KHILAFAH/SOCIAL-SYSTEM/626-UNDERSTANDING-THE-ROLE-OF-MUSLIM-WOMEN
• HTTP://WWW.SLIDESHARE.NET/MECCAHOLYCITY/WOMEN-ROLES-IN-ISLAM
• HTTP://TWOCIRCLES.NET/2010APR20/ISLAM_AND_MUSLIM_WOMEN_S_SOCIAL_ROLES.HTML
• HTTP://TWOCIRCLES.NET/2010APR20/ISLAM_AND_MUSLIM_WOMEN_S_SOCIAL_ROLES.HTML