"Ways of the World" by Robert W. Strayer Chapter 9, Chapter 11 & Chapter 12

    Another week another read and blog! This week I am going to focus on the way that men and women were viewed in “Early Islam” according to Strayer in Chapter 9. According to the religious views in the Quran men and women are treated equally. Within the Quran it speaks of both men and women having equality using the word “believer, both men and women (Strayer, p.380)”. However, in the social views with the Quran there was a twist, women were not viewed equally. This was especially seen within a marriage, “Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient (Strayer, p. 380)”. I do not like this part very much and would fail immensely to follow these rules. I feel a lot of this inequality is still present today and I can see many trying to make a change. I hope my daughter will be able to grow older and be treated equally within society, we need to keep working together to get there. For now, I will try my best with her dad to guide her and teach her she is as important as her twin brother or any other mael and not to be treated any different because of her gender. We as parents need to set good examples of this and I think we do are best at home to do so. And so the history continues……. What will happen???

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