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RELIGION VS CULTURE GENDER EQUALITY IN ISLAM

Rumaisa Malik

WOMENS RIGHTS IN ISLAM VS ISLAMIC COUNTRIES

Islam on a whole(in orange)

24.1%

... of people in the world are muslims

RELIGIONS AS PERCENTAGES

Islam means "SUBMISSION TO GOD"

Alhamdulillah - Praise to Allah Jazaka Allahu Khairan - May Allah reward you with all good Allahu Akbar - a phrase meaning ‘God is most great’, used by Muslims in prayers and as a general declaration of faith or thanksgiving. Inshallah - if Allah wills. Usually used to refer to planning to do a future action Assalamu ‘Alaikum - "Peace be upon you." Muslims say this as a greeting to one another.

Common phrases in Islam

CULTURE VS RELIGION

“Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: and Allah is well acquainted with all that they do. And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty" (Qur'an 4:32)

“I never fail to reward any worker among you for any work you do, be you male or female – you are equal to one another.” (Qur’an, 3: 195)

“They (your wives) are your garment and you are a garment for them.” (Qur’an, 2: 187)

QUOTES FROM THE QURAN ON THE BASIS ON EQUALITY FOR WOMEN

RULES IMPOSED ON CERTAIN GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHICH ARE INGRAINED IN THE SOCIETY OF A COUNTRY

CULTURE VS RELIGION

IT IS THEIR CULTURE

THIS IS THEIR CULTURE

https://www.goabroad.com/articles/teach-abroad/10-things-banned-in-saudi-arabia

http://www.rawa.org/rules.htm

SOME RULES IMPOSED ON WOMEN IN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES WHICH ARE CULTURAL NOTHING TO DO WITH ISLAM

“Acquire knowledge and impart it to the people.” (Tirmizi, 1980)

• Not knowing the difference between culture and religions
• Neophobia - scared of seeing something different

Why some people may say ISLAM is a sexist community

Any questions?

RUMAISA MALIK

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