Islam for Women or is it?

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@Miss_Noland

I highly appreciate the links you have posted. They indeed turned out to be very helpful in answering many questions I have. However, most of it he mentioned was science and evolution, whether or not he believes in evolution, he IS speaking of evolution in his videos. He talks about nature vs. nurture, mothers are caretakers while men are hunters and gatherers. If that is the only role of the women in this world then how come millions of women are more ambitious than men and how come women in the workforce have been remarkably successful. Roles have been reversed, and I do see how kids suffer from it in the West (though these issues can be resolved) However, where the roles have stayed the same, the only people I see suffering are the women. The truth is we are still evolving, what women were 1400 years ago are not anymore. Just because some women decide to leave their kids at daycare centers does not mean that something is wrong with them. I know I would never leave my kids with somebody else, but that’s my decision to make and fathers should be just as involved. We are not living in the same world, our brains are evolving. If a woman has to work for a living, then the man should take of the kids, why can’t we blame him? Just because he didn’t give birth to the child…Wow, logic..

Thanks for watching and commenting.
Shaykh Hamza never said that “women have only one role” or “men have only one role”. It’d be better if next time you can quote the exact words.

He said that men are care takers of their families but there are many women who are taking care of their families by working but they are not obliged to do that because in Islam it’s not a woman’s resposibility to make money but if she does it to help her husband or family then she gets double reward from God.

I don’t think we are evolving because 1400 years ago women worked, they fought in wars, they rode horses, they gave birth, breastfed and took care of kids, they became scholars who gave men advice.

Now, why it’s important for a kid to stay with his mother in the first 5 or 6 years? For this, there is plenty of research done by child development experts, Psychologists and educators who can tell you the harms on a child’s psyche who’s been away from his mother for most of the time.

Shaykh didn’t say those women are wrong but he said that a woman’s priority should be her children.

May I know why would you choose not sending your baby to daycare?

@Miss_Noland

Sorry, I also see a lot of blaming goind on. It’s like So christians did it, jews did it.. Well, isn’t Islam the ultimate religion? why did it allow the traditions to continue? If Islam were God’s religion, it would have wiped out those traditions from the face of earth. The truth is, it accepted them and only a man could do that unless God did not see any injustice in that and allowed them to continue.

Actually, it was said in a context. When media came up with “Muslim man killed his wife” then he criticised the media for singling out only Muslims for such crime because when a Christian kills his wife no one says “a Christian killed his wife”. That was the context.

@Miss_Noland

I did like the fact that he admitted that the Sharia was shaped according to the culture at the time, therefore it accepted the continuing of barbaric traditions. He is quick to blame the West for all the wrongness in the world, but fails to acknowledge that any problems in the Muslim world are due to the Islamic rule. You cannot justify 30 honor killings in Jordan with a million of abortions in the west. And any time a question is raised about the treatment of the women in the Muslim world, he starts talking about how it’s even worse in the West, doesn’t make much sense for someone who is out to preach Islam is the true religion.

I disagree that Islam accepted any barbaric traditions but modified them to make them good, such as the practice of pouring blood over a newborn’s head was modified by exchanging the blood for saffron water. There may be things that you consider barbaric and these things we are discussing if they are really as barbaric as you claim them to be.

I think I need the exact quote here…because I don’t know where he said this stuff so please do quote the exact words or the timing on the video. Thanks

@Miss_Noland

There are indeed wonderful things about Islam as it goes for any religion. The point is, Islam is supposed to be the true religion here; therefore, blaming religions before it or the West does not help gain credibility. It only goes to show that Islam is just another religion made by man who thought he could change the world.

Well, some blame does go to Western policies(not the people). Regarding previous religions, I think there’s nothing wrong in comparing them with Islamic Law, Shaykh Hamza didn’t lie about Christianity or Judaism nor he blamed; but if a religion blames previous religions that does not mean that it’s a man made religion.

By the way, Islam never blames a Religion; it blames the people for not following their religion and who changed it.