Human Rights & Status of Woman in Islam

 

Introduction 

 The status of women in Islam is clear and very unambiguous. The attitude of Islam (as delineated in the basic manuscripts, i.e. The Quran and Hadith bear witness to the fact that women is as important as men least and that she is no inferior to him nor is she one of the lower species. In order to understand what Islam has established for the women, there is no need to deplore her plight in the pre-Islamic era or what is happening with the women in the contemporary so called modern era. As in the contemporary modern world the number of believers is increasing day by day despite the ‘’Islamic bashing’’ whereby it is condemned that Islam embraces war, terrorism, exploitation of women rights, what and what not. But it seems Little  bit paradoxical as on the one side the number of believers is increasing and on the other side the bashing on with hue and cry.

Current Status of Woman

Woman comprise roughly about half of the world’s population and India is not an exceptional. According to the Census 2011, the ratio of females per thousand males is 943.Nearly seventy per cent of the women are living below the poverty line and two thirds of them are illiterate. It is not the end but as per employment, political participation, decision making what and what not woman has been considered a neglected part of the society. It is the one side of the tail on the other side, woman see their equality in terms of equation to men in almost everything, dressing like men, behaving as tough as men. Today woman work as models, undertake measures that are injurious to health. The personality Islam seeks to bestow is one which gives confidence to a woman, security and respect which enables them to work with men as equals but without destroying their gallery. One thing should be clear that rights and responsibilities  of the woman are equal to that of men but they are not necessarily identical with them. Equality and sameness are two quite different things...

• The Spiritual Aspect
• The Social Aspect
• Economic Aspect
• Political Aspect  

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Human Rights & Status of Woman in Islam