Women converting to Islam
The common assumption about Islam by non-muslims is that Islam oppresses women, thanks to poor quality, ill-informed mass media. In fact, the way muslim women are portrayed in the media I wouldn’t be surprised if most non-muslims thought that women were not even allowed to speak in Islam. This couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, the first martyr in Islam was a women, and one of the most important sources for the Hadith is Ayesha, a wife of the prophet.
Interestingly enough, many more women convert to Islam than men. But it shouldn’t be so surprising. Women don’t carry their ego as much as men do. Accordingly they are more receptive to things which they believe to be true. And when they hear some of the things about the position of women in Islam, its really a surprise that more don’t want to come!
- Women who do paid work whilst married are not obliged at all to contribute to the family; the money she earns is all hers. The responsibility is on the husband to provide!
- It obligatory on men when they come home from work to get involved in house duties! No excuses guys!
- Husbands are supposed to freshen up before they greet their wives after coming home from work, to look nice for her!
- Men are to lower their gaze, from women who aren’t in their family so to protect the womens modesty
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Here is a link to a Guardian newspaper article shedding light on a womens path to Islam.
