Women
in Christianity and Islam
This article is from the Islamican Information Service of San Jose California.
We Muslims are well aware of the fact
that Muslim women are objects of derision and mockery
especially in the Western world.Women
in Islam are portrayed to be "oppressed" and "inferior"
by many Westerners. However,most of
the Westerners I've heard this from are usually Christian.
It is amazing how many verses the
Christian bible has which supports Islamic treatment of women,
among other issues. Here is a small
list I would like to share with all of you. Please memorize it
and defend the truth from those who
make a mockery out of it! You will also know that the
christian bible degrades the female
sex!
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ARE WOMEN OPPRESSED IN ISLAM?
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Islam:
Women must cover their heads as a sign of "modesty." It also serves as
protection for
the female.
Christianity:
1 CORINTHIANS 11:3-10 in the christian bible orders women to cover their
heads
in prayers. These verses further state
that the male doesn't have to cover his head because
"female was made from male, and the
male not from the female." It further states that a woman
covering her head is a sign of male
"authority."
Conclusion:
Islam and Christianity both tell women to cover their heads.
The main difference, however, is that
women in Islam cover their heads for purposes of
"modesty." Christian women cover their
heads as a sign of "male authority." It is clear that
the bible gives women an inferior
status, whereas Islam doesn't.
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Islam:
Adam and Eve (peace be upon them) were EQUALLY responsible for eating from
the
"forbidden tree." They both repented
and were forgiven by the Most-Forgiving and
Most-Merciful Allahu ta'ala.
Christianity:
Eve ate from the "forbidden tree" BEFORE Adam did. Adam ate from the tree
AFTER Eve did. The woman was deceived
FIRST. Because of EVE causing Adam to sin
by eating from the forbidden tree,
the ground is "cursed." God doesn't forgive them, but damns
them and humanity -- thanks to Eve
(the woman)! ALL females go through "pains of
childbearing" as a punishment from
God -- because of EVE'S sin. All males have to go through
pains of eating from the ground, thanks
to EVE. ALL babies are born in SIN, thanks to EVE.
All of this can be found in GENESIS
2:4-3:24.
"Adam was not decieved but the woman was" (1 TIMOTHY 2:11-14)
"Woman will be ruled over by the male" (GENESIS 3:16)
In other words, thanks to a FEMALE, we are damned!
It is clear that in Christianity, the
very first woman is blamed for
wrongdoing, but not the very first
male.
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Islam: Quran orders us that we should not "bury daughters alive."
Christianity: -"The birth of a daughter
is a loss" (ECCLESIASTICUS 22:3,Catholic Bible) -
Ritual impurity of a mother is TWICE
as long if a female is born and not a male. (LEVITICUS
12:2-5)
Is it not clear that Islam again gives
a higher status to females? What Islam came to eradicate --
the bad treatment of females -- still
continues in today's Protestant and Catholic scriptures.
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ISLAM: Women can talk in the mosque.
CHRISTIANITY: -"It is a shame for women to talk in the church." (1CORINTHIANS 14:34-35)
If females cannot talk, then how are
they supposed to learn? Again, it is obvious that Islam gives
the female a higher status than the
bible does.
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ISLAM: If the husband dies, then the wife may marry another male by Choice.
CHRISTIANITY:
If the husband dies without impregnating the wife, then the "brother" of
the
dead husband MUST marry his wife.
The female CANNOT marry anyone else, but ONLY
her dead husband's brother (DEUTERONOMY
25:5).
Islam gives the woman a choice to marry
or not, and to whom she want to marry, if her husband
dies. In Christianity (and Judaism),
the woman has NO CHOICE, but to marry her dead husband's
brother. It is clear which religion
is oppressing women.
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OTHER INTERESTING SIMILARITIES:
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ISLAM: Cut off the hand if it steals - of course specific conditions apply).
CHRISTIANITY:
"If your hand sins, it is better to cut it off instead of going to hell
with both
hands" (MARK 9:43)
If any christian tells us we Muslims
are CRUEL in punishing, then state this verse to them. In
fact, the bible also tells one to
"PLUCK YOUR EYE OUT" if it sins!
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ISLAM: Stripes for the one who is drunk - conditions apply.
CHRISTIANITY:
The judge may order the unjust man to be STRIPED 40 TIMES
(DEUTERONOMY 25:1-3)
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ISLAM: Muslims pray by prostrating and putting forehead on the ground.
CHRISTIANITY:
"Jesus fell on his face and prayed...(MATTHEW 26:39). The churches
have even changed the way Jesus prayed!
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ISLAM: Allows a male to marry more than one wife, up to four -- conditions apply.
CHRISTIANITY:
-Abraham had 3 wives in the bible: Sarah, Hagar, and Keturah.(In book of
GENESIS)
-Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines. (1 KINGS 11:3)
-David had many wives (2 SAMUELS 5:13)
Nowhere in the bible does it forbid
polygamy, or says that the male must marry one woman. Single
marriage is a Greco-Roman tradition
-- one of the many influences on the true teachings of Jesus.
Jesus lived for 33 among a nation
that practiced polygamy and he never prohibited, nor even ever
talked about it in his teachings.
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ISLAM:
Islam gives religious freedom to worship God, see www.aol40.com/apostates.htm
for the
proof.
CHRISTIANITY:
Do not PITY the apostate (someone who leaves his religion), KILL HIM
(DEUTERONOMY 13:8,9)
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ISLAM: Allows slavery -- conditions apply of course.
CHRISTIANITY: Allows slavery (LEVITICUS 25:46).
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ISLAM: Cannot SELL your daughter.
CHRISTIANITY: You can sell your daughter (EXODUS 21:7)
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ISLAM: Muslims cannot eat pig.
CHRISTIANITY:
"Do not eat pig meat or touch their dead flesh" (LEVITICUS 1l:8)