Women's rights in Islam

[Theorist]

Re: How do you feel when you dont agree with bits of islam?

@Ashy2010

I will keep on justifying my faith since there is NOTHING wrong in Islam but the way we interpret things prescribed in Islam and the way we change Islam according to our culture and norms.Following are some examples which show that our culture and society have been treating women unfairly and NOT Islam:- In our society, women are usually not considered pious if they ask for divorce right at the time of nikah. If they ask for divorce right, she is considered to be liberal and not planning on saving her marriage.

yes, women were not considered pious if they asked for divorce a few decades ago here in the west either. Islam does not consider divorced women pious. It’s disliked more than anything.
Islamically, woman’s greatest responsibility is to obey her husband after Allah, isn’t it? Husband that dictates everything she can and cannot do. How does Islam protect a woman here?

• If women expressed her liking/ disliking for a proposal, she is considered modern and liberal (although its her
  right in Islam).

it may be her right islamically but the fact that her parents have rights over her and especially her father, this right is practically useless. It’s not just Pakistan
where this is a norm, it’s q lot other Muslim countries that do not share the same culture.

• Women are usually not given
  inheritences in Pakistan. Feudal system of marrying girl to Quran etc is an extreme example.

They are not given
inheritance rights in many culture not just indopak. The fact that our lifestyle has changed a great deal, and many women are financially independent, it makes no sense to consider an educated/working woman worthy of half of what a man gets.
Times have changed, haven’t they? O wait, she can’t really work outside if her husband doesn’t permit her to do so. ^so again, you take one right away from and give her another that will do
her no good.

Women are forced to live in joint family which is against Islam. Women and their families are burdened with jehaiz (which is a total no no in Islam).

Again, she
really cant do anything about it if her husband can’t provide her with a separate accommodation because she has to obey him! She can’t divorce him either. She can ask for Khula! Ask I
repeat! And Khula nullifies her right to haqmehr! What rights she does she have here then?

• Women are considered as husband’s and in-laws servants whereas she is not required to
  do house work and she can ask for compensation for any work she does.

And how does Islam protect her From this abuse? Women are told if they areGood Muslims they should
have ^no problem serving their inlaws. It’s emotional abuse! ^no religion protects a woman from it!

Women are
usually not paid their haq meher.

Indeed they are not! And men can always twist it to make it seem like she nullified her rights over it.

So Islam has provided complete protection to the women. If the society is not willing to follow any of these, we CANNOT blame Islam for all the unfair
treatment of women in our society.

And what protection? Is it enough for you that it says you have the rights but they are not practical in real life? Or would it be better to
amend some ^so we really have a strong case for ourselves?And of course, you wouldnt dare talk About rape in Islam, would you?It’s simple violation of human rights that turned me away from religion completely. We can be much better human beings without it! But of course that’s never going to hapPen because religion does not exist to yeah us humanity. It exists to glorify god and worship him. Stop tryin to civilize religion. Religion has never been about humanity. Its about what god wants and what you can score in afterlife. While the west is about living your current life to the fullest, yours is about suffering and enduring abuse ^so you can save yourself a spot in heaven.