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A 10 page paper on the evolution and existence of women’s rights in Islam. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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forefront of the American society, and other societies, since the increase in focus on Iraq and the Middle East because of the war in Iraq. Like any culture or society
in civilization the position of women, and womens rights, has gone through many changes in Islam. Although many argue that Islam is a faith that possesses teachings regarding the respect
and the empowerment of women, others argue that men are the main power in Islam and that this is their right. Human civilization naturally goes through such controversies and perspectives
as it relates to any issue of power, and as such women and their rights are no exception to change. The following paper examines the history of women in pre-Islam
and Islam as it involves the civilization and Islam. The paper then discusses womens rights today in Islam. The History of Women in Pre-Islam and Islam In considering
pre-Islamic conditions, involving women, one can readily note that all women, throughout most of civilization, were generally oppressed. Pre-Islamic involves, in this case, the Romans and Greeks, Indians, and early
Christians. One author notes, in relationship to Indian women, that Encyclopedia Britannica defines womens position as follows: "subjection was a cardinal principle. Day and night must women be held by
their protectors in a state of dependence..The rule of inheritance was..traced through males to the exclusion of females" (Badawi, 2006). In the scriptures of Hindu a womans speech, body, and
mind were held in subjection and her worth and existence were essentially connected to that of her husbands (Badawi, 2006). Greek women,
or women specifically from Athens in one particular text, are seen as individuals who were always subject to a male figure, whether that figure be their father, husband, brother or
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