Re: Women's Rights: What can be the possible solutions ?
JAzakAllah khair for the reply.
Here is a reply I got from a sister on another place.
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education, in my humble opinion, is the key for the emancipation of not only women, but the minds of the world.
how is one to know his/her rights without knowledge of them?
women have been supressed by society for ages, but it is the interpretation of 'women's rights' where the difference is made.
For example, the women's suffrage movement and the whole revolution caused by women in a few decades was great in America. it was all done for the gaining of the rights of women, but what was the cause? skirts that once reached their ankles decreased inch by inch and now the world is left mesmerized by indecent fashions of the west.
what is women's rights? is it equality so that woman can stare man eye to eye, as an equal?
the educating begins from a humane point of view.
it is a natural instinct that a mother is much more attached, in every way imaginable, to her child than the father is. This isn't something that can be changed that, however, both love their child, the father rarely builds such a bond. The woman has been known since the beginning as the epitome of love, with a heart of gold and a will as strong as rock.
next, the educating should be on a religious point of view. does sharia, in which many of our own muslim countries claim to be enforcing in their states, ask women to live oppressed and under men? yes, it is said that Allah was to ask women to bow to their husbands after Allah, BUT point is that never happened. why? now that is an answer that lies in the ghaib but even those men were the pious, chaste men. not those who feel it is their right to womanize and feel as if all the women in the land are for their pleasure. islam allows women numerous rights, and women have a great deal of respect as well as honor in islam.
next is the education of rights allotted by the state of residence. if it is a secular country, then what is written for women in their constitutive documents? if it is a country based upon the dominating religion, islam for example, then does the country actually follow the rules set down by sharia or are there great errors made that need fixing?
every woman can be a women's rights advocate, but only a few from the bunch are willing to give their lives up for it. that is the problem with women alone with the other diseases of the heart which we carry, we can be selfish. we want everything that is easily attainable, therefore we won't fight the government or whoever the oppressor be unless if what we want could be at easy access to us.
women are to remember to disregard western society and learn to think for themselves. the west is NOT a model for how the world should run. what is charming about the west? developed streets? numerous skyscrapers ? a democratic government? just because a democracy 'seems' to work in this country, doesn't mean it is the only correct option. revolution and change in old ways is created by the people, it doesn't occur by itself.
until the women gain the courage to want reform and carry their jazbaat with them to the end, the subject matter of women's rights won't get anywhere
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I really appreciate her way of thinking.
MAy Allah bless her and her family with all the blessings of this life and hereafter.
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