Re: Islam: regard men and women as equal?
I've come across so many controversies regarding equal rights for women. it doesnt make any sense to me b/c mathematically, equal means that wats on one side is wat u get on the other side. example 1=1. So are men and women equal? I dont think so. Lets take physical example, are men able to give birth? They both have different physical features interm of body. Cognitively they're different too. women are more emotional than men. Then if men and women arent themselves equall to each other than why shuld their rights and responsibilities be equal. In islam, there is no such thing as equality, but their such thing as EQUITY. people get these two things coufused. EQUITY means that u WILL get ur rights according to the way ur nature is. Men and women are both given their rights but they're not identical. it wudnt make sense to give them same rights and responsibilities b/c they're not physically or mentally identical.
Thats also true that most of womens rights are overshadowed by the culture specially desi culture. in desi culture, men expect women to do their responsibilities but they dont give them their rights. This is a cultural issue and religion shud not be blamed for it.