some people would say the the reiligion is offensive and opressive towards women. some would say that the religion is even slave like towards women. however the women and men that particepate in the islamic religion would say that islam for women has been viewed wrong and that actually egalitaran, specially on its veiws about the sexs. some of the islamic followers would say more than Judaism and or Christianity. conventional veiws suggest that the west sees women of islam as a opressive object instead of a counterpart , in the islamic movement.
Also do not forget the fact that Saudi Arabia is a religious country . Many people in Saudi Arabia agree that women shouldn’t drive a car because it is so suspicious . They believe this , because in my thinking , Saudi Arabia didn’t developed early like the other countries . If we look to the fact that Saudi Arabia is a Muslim country or an Arabic country as reason to prevent women from driving that’s certainly wrong , because all the other Muslims countries in the Arabic world allow women to drive . But some people with the entrenched mindsets make religion an excuse to prevent driving .It does not say any thing in Qur’an about that .
It just advices women to use the hijab as an act of obedience to God. Secondly, women wearing hijabs become a very visible sign of Islam. While Muslim men can blend easily into any society, Muslim women are often put on the line and forced to defend not only their decision or not to cover their bodies but also their religion. Thirdly, women who use the hijab lose their identity as women because they cannot dress appropriately according to their gender. It is not certain that the hijab frees women from being seen as sexual objects of desire or from being valued for their looks or body shape.
Through media now Soldiers in Combat arms units will likely receive females differently because of how it has been portrayed, due to how they are supposed to respond instead of how they really feel. From the time it hit the web all stories or articles involving this issue have had high visibility. What most readers don’t realize is the actual reason for these policy changes or the underlying economic interests like gaining the political recognition from certain types of voters. In this case the policy makers most likely have came to the conclusion that the gender neutral standards will cause a large percentage of females be separated from the military, though it appears they are supporting women rights. Thus gaining support from women
But in the west this statement is misinterpreted which shows specific issues and differences. These differences is where the stereotype of Islam being assessed of teaching the oppression of woman. * This stereotyping does come from these laws of the west from the misinterpreted understanding of the Qur’an, the rights they enforce are a woman’s testimony is only half or a man’s, that woman are cheated out of half of their inheritance, that the Qur’an allows wide beating, that men can divorce on a whim and have four wives, and that Islam promotes unfair isolation. * Women are unfairly assessed with these misinterpreted rights from the west. It is very rare but it some households wife beating does occur, but that is due to the same misinterpretations from out west.
Did your Islamic religion change the way you and the people around you viewed the war? I notice the different types of clothing, traditional or Western, play an important role in how you are viewed because you can express yourself through what you wear. Did the Western type clothing give you or any other women a sense of individuality and respect? 4. Why does the young Fatima prefer to wear her Tunisian clothes to the Western dresses her mother likes her to wear?
In order to understand her anger one must understand her upbringing as she stated “I come from a country where there is no size for women’s clothes”. In many of the Arab countries that have Muslim women. The men do not choose their wife or women by what they wear, but rather how well that women is able to bare a son/child. In other words the shortness of a women’s dress should not determine a women’s beauty nor should the size, in the eyes of the author. Many of the people listed by the saleslady were and are professional models, whom are idealized by the general public.
This opinion is made due to the ignorance of the Muslim religion. Muslim women use this dress code not only for religious purposes but for moral conduct as well. There are several parts to the Muslim women dress code. The dress cover that the Muslim women wear is called a Hijab. It’s also called the veil, purdah or just a head covering.
Fatima Mernissi, author of The Veil and the Male Elite, argued accepted male readings for the medieval Islamic past were deeply flawed and sexist when applied to the present. Since the 1990s, the struggle to apply gender inquiry to Middle Eastern societies has also been forcefully challenged by Muslim women in the United States. Middle Eastern women are either silent or passive in their own societies. Unequal, gender hierarchies of power demonstrated that women negotiated theses structures in distinctly inventive ways. Men and women prayed in difference places at the mosque.
Answers to section A. 1. Summary of “The many faces behind the veil” - an article written by Arifa Akbar and Jerome Taylor The article states different reasons for muslim women to wear hijab – religion, spirituality or even political views. Whereas detractors see this piece of clothing as a form of opression and asks :”why any woman would hide their face in public ?” Rahmanara Chowdhury ,a 29 year old student outreach worker with 7 sisters chose 9 years ago to wear the niqab – an Arabic garment that covers the whole face except the eyes. For her it was a very spiritual thing choosing the niqab, and she was also the first in her family.