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8 pages in length. It can be said that of all the religions of the world, Islam is one that is recognized in part from its poor treatment of women. As a general rule, Westerners do not understand the completeness and universality of Islam, tending to believe that it is a grim and stern faith, given to forcible conversions, appalling treatment of women and to hatred of modern ways. The writer discusses the historical progression of treatment for Islamic women. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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As a general rule, Westerners do not understand the completeness and universality of Islam, tending to believe that it is a "grim and stern faith, given to forcible conversions,
appalling treatment of women and to hatred of modern ways" (Levins 01B). Indeed, Islam may be one of the most difficult religions of all to accept in the manner
that it has been represented throughout the centuries, yet those whose lives revolve around the study of religion claim that such narrow-minded views of the Islam faith fail to recognize
all the many ideals that it possess. I. TRIBAL ERA Islamic women have long suffered at the hands of their male counterparts. Whether the torture culminates as emotional,
physical or both, the patriarchal influence has been a strong power upon the very essence of being female. Hanny Lightfoot-Kleins Prisoners Of Ritual: Some Contemporary Developments In The History
Of Female Genital Mutilation examines the historic value of this barbaric Islamic ritual, while attempting to find cause behind what motivates entire social communities to physically and psychologically deform their
women. The authors approach is somewhat pragmatic, while at the same time offering an equal balance of personal emotion. Women in a
repressive, male chauvinistic tribal era Islamic society were compelled to do what they had to in order to survive. Unfortunately their actions, such as succumbing to genital circumcision, served
to reinforce the very image they sought to abandon. The issues that surrounded such mutilation incorporated a combination of religious and economic aspects that served to perpetuate such a
gruesome and horrific practice. The lives of women have been designed by men under religious and scientific assumptions which have served to guide
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