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[quote]Salam alaikum.  I see where your coming from.  I'd like to bring up one point first, and that is that we could never accomplish anything without the help of Allah s.w.t.  It is by his leave that a person is physically strong or weak.  It is said that on the day of judgement a muscular man will be brought infront of Allah s.w.t. and in the eyes of Allah s.w.t. that man won't weigh much.  Meaning that although he was considered strong and looked up to for these characteristics during his time on earth.  When he meets Allah s.w.t. all of that will be nothing in the eyes of Allah s.w.t.

Now then to answer your questions.  Not only in Muslims countries but also in other countries you will find that women are descriminated against in a number of ways.  Does this mean that Islam condones this?  Not by any means.  Muslim women and men share equal rights in Islam, and women are in some ways more special than males.  For instance, we are suppose to love our mothers more than our fathers.  If your praying and your father calls you then you are to continue praying, but if your mother calls you, you should answer her.  It is due to ignorance that men feel they are mentally more capable than women.  Although it is true that Allah s.w.t. made us different physically, that doesn't mean that women cannot accomplish the same tasks as men can or as well as men can.  Even when it comes to fighting, women are allowed to fight alongside males according to Islam.  During the time of the prophet Muhammad s.a.w. and after him there were many great female warriors who slayed many unbelievers.  I myself cannot cook.  So to say that women cannot cook better than males is an outright lie.  I will never be able to cook like my mother or sister can.

When it comes to such things as gender descrimination, the best thing to do is to ignore all such remarks and continue to live your life the way you want to.  Don't listen to egocentric males.  Or females who try to put you down.  Be who you wanna be without losing your respect and dignity.  Sometimes feminist women are so determined not to be descriminated against that they go out of their ways to gain the same status of a male in every walk of life.  Like the feminists in the United States who wanted to make it mandatory for all females to register for the army once they've reached the age of 18.  No one wants to stop them from fighting, but they want to make it so that all women have to join.  It's not right that they should do that because they are trying to be males.  Women and males are equal but different in their nature.  There is good in both.  Remember that the prophet Muhammad s.a.w. warned women not to emulate men and men not to emulate women.  Because if you do such a thing, you won't even smell the fragrance of paradise when on the day of judgement.  So basically what I'm trying to say is fight for your rights but keep your femininity.[/quote]

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