Is It Fact or Fiction (Part 10)

   We continue in this month’s article with Myth #4 part 3: “Islam Oppresses Women and Forces Them into a Subservient Role.” (From Myths and Facts about Muslim People and Islam ADL.org): 

   “However, interpretation of gender roles specified in the Quran varies with different countries and cultures and in the Islamic world, there exist principles and practices that subjugate and oppress women (e. g. forced marriages, abductions, deprivation of education, restricted mobility).”

   This is a lie. Muslim women all over the world are treated, under Islamic law, in the same way. For example, a Muslim woman cannot divorce her husband anywhere on earth. As shown in last month’s article, these practices have nothing to do with culture. It is the direct command of Allah in the Qur’an and Mohammed in the hadith. (Remember the Muslim founder of Bridges TV in Buffalo, New York, who beheaded his wife when she filed for divorce.)

   It doesn’t matter what men or women want. Islam is not open to opinions because sharia is the sacred law of Islam. It is used to refer to both the Islamic system of law and the totality way of life. Sharia cannot be improved, reformed, or changed because it is based on the Qur’an and sunnah. Muslims believe it is perfect, eternal, universal, and complete. Notice, t ...

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