The treatment of women in fundamentalist religions
The treatment of women in the Middle East is barbaric, unjust and unthinkable. In Afghanistan alone “87 percent of women report having experienced physical, sexual or psychological violence or forced marriage”.1 In the Middle East women are seen as unequal in comparison to men just because they are born a female and are seen not to have the mental capacity of that of a man. The Quran itself has many conflicting ideas on the treatment of women. However, the Quran was written around 610AD so it has to be taken into consideration the fact that the attitudes and status of women back then was not the way it is today. Further, to this it needs to be realised that the Quran needs to be adapted to modern times as ideas have changed and women’s role in society has also developed and changed dramatically since 610AD. Furthermore, the passages in the Quran do not explicitly say whether they apply for the women of Muhammad's time or to that of all women who have and will ever live. Even so the treatment of women by …show more content…
This is the 21centuary we are living in – not 610AD where women are beneath that of a man. As times have changed and the status of women have hanged somewhat since then. Thus summarising the Quran needs to be reinterpreted to modern times. Also further to this stricter laws should also be put in place to prevent these fundamentals from inflicting these acts of torture onto women. Therefore to conclude women should not stand for this sort of treatment and rise up together as men need to realise that they need to treat their women with respect rather than violence. Although fear is present due to the women believing and probably would be killed for standing up against a man. If they stand up together the men would not be able to kill them all as although they hate to admit it they need women in order to
The treatment of women in the Middle East is barbaric, unjust and unthinkable. In Afghanistan alone “87 percent of women report having experienced physical, sexual or psychological violence or forced marriage”.1 In the Middle East women are seen as unequal in comparison to men just because they are born a female and are seen not to have the mental capacity of that of a man. The Quran itself has many conflicting ideas on the treatment of women. However, the Quran was written around 610AD so it has to be taken into consideration the fact that the attitudes and status of women back then was not the way it is today. Further, to this it needs to be realised that the Quran needs to be adapted to modern times as ideas have changed and women’s role in society has also developed and changed dramatically since 610AD. Furthermore, the passages in the Quran do not explicitly say whether they apply for the women of Muhammad's time or to that of all women who have and will ever live. Even so the treatment of women by …show more content…
This is the 21centuary we are living in – not 610AD where women are beneath that of a man. As times have changed and the status of women have hanged somewhat since then. Thus summarising the Quran needs to be reinterpreted to modern times. Also further to this stricter laws should also be put in place to prevent these fundamentals from inflicting these acts of torture onto women. Therefore to conclude women should not stand for this sort of treatment and rise up together as men need to realise that they need to treat their women with respect rather than violence. Although fear is present due to the women believing and probably would be killed for standing up against a man. If they stand up together the men would not be able to kill them all as although they hate to admit it they need women in order to