The Covered Muslim Women: Oppressed?

If you think the covered Muslim women are oppressed, think again. These covered women are not oppressed at all. The cloth they wear is called scarf or "Hijab in Arabic." The covered women are fulfilling the order of Allah (God) because God says: "O Prophet! Tell thy wives and thy daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close round them. That will be better, so that they may be recognized and not annoyed. Allah (God) is ever Forgiving, Merciful." (Koran 33:59) On the other hand, the Christian and Jews women are also ordered to cover their bodies. The Bible says: "For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered." (1st Corinthians 11:6) This is may be irritating to you, but it is what most Christian women don't know about the Bible. In addition to this, the Christianity teaches that women are created to please the men not God. Don't believe this? The Bible says: "Neither was the man created for woman; but the woman for the man." ( 1st Corinthians 11:9) On the contrary, this is not what Islam teaches. Some people are bombarded by the media and think that the Muslim women are oppressed while they cover themselves because of they are forced by their parents or Muslim men. Not really, in Islam everyone (men and women) are created by God; only to worship Him alone and everyone has an equal rights: "I did not created the jinn (Demon) and humankind except to worship Me (Allah)." (Koran 51:56)

Then, what am I suggesting; take a Koran book and read it with an unbiased mind. Then, see for yourself the women's rights in the Islam. There is a whole chapter in the Koran that only talks about the women's rights. It is chapter 4 "The women," (Koran 4:1-176.) After you read the chapter or the Koran as a whole, then make a decision.

Take a look on these covered women's testimonies:

This is not to criticize the religions, but is to inform the non-Muslims especially the people of book (Jews and Christians) about the real Islam teachings.

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