Thread: Hindu women vs Muslim women

a post from a girl on a muslimspace.

Status of Hindu Women VS Muslim Women

The Brahmins make a big campaign that Islam restricts the freedom of women. Let us compare the positions of the Hindu woman and the Muslim woman. See the following facts for comparison.

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The Hindu Woman:


1. The Hindu Woman has no right to divorce her husband.

2. She has no property or inheritance rights.

3. Choice of partner is limited because she can only marry within her own caste; moreover her horoscope must match that of the intending bridegroom/family.

4. The family of the girl has to offer an enormous dowry to the bridegroom/family.

5. If her husband dies she should commit Sati (being cremated with her dead husband). Since today's law forbids Sati, society mainly punishes her in other "holy" ways (see below).

6. She cannot remarry.

7. The widow is considered to be a curse and must not be seen in public. She cannot wear jewelry or colourful clothes. (She should not even take part in her children's marriage!)

8. Child and infant marriage is encouraged.

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The Muslim Woman:


1.The Muslim woman has the same right as the Muslim man in all matters including divorce.

2. She enjoys property and inheritance rights. (Which other religion grants women these rights?). She can also conduct her own separate business.

3. She can marry any Muslim of her choice. If her parents choose a partner for her, her consent must be taken.

4. The dowry in Islam is a gift from a husband to his wife (not the other way around as is practiced by some ignorant Muslims).

5. A Muslim widow is encouraged to remarry, and her remarriage is the responsibility of the Muslim society.

6.Mixed marriage is encouraged and is a means to prevent racism creeping in society.

7. A Muslim mother is given the highest form of respect.

What right do the Hindus have to criticize the Muslims? Have you ever heard of a Muslim burning his wife? In parts of India women die daily of dowry deaths - Hindu women being burnt by the husband or in-laws. The Brahmins are trying to claim that Muslims do not give freedom to their women. I ask you again. "Do the Hindus respect their women?"


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Sounds like a choice of being Murdered or Commiting suicide.

I will stay with western women and freedom of choice.

Originally Posted by conservative

I will stay with western women and freedom of choice.

and probably given the choice... they would too.

I concur...

Originally Posted by sectionOne

and probably given the choice... they would too.

yea western women are so liberated? How are they more liberated than muslim women?

Originally Posted by AhabtheArab

yea western women are so liberated? How are they more liberated than muslim women?

Are you locked in the basement of a mosque?

Originally Posted by conservative

Are you locked in the basement of a mosque?

Muslim women are not locked up anywhere in mosques.

Originally Posted by AhabtheArab

yea western women are so liberated? How are they more liberated than muslim women?

You're seriously asking this question?!

Originally Posted by Common Sense Craig

You're seriously asking this question?!

C'mon Craig, you know western women are second class citizens compared with Muslim women, except for the fact that Muslim women are property of thier husbands, get stoned occasionally, and raped if they show thier ankles in public.

Originally Posted by Think for myself

C'mon Craig, you know western women are second class citizens compared with Muslim women, except for the fact that Muslim women are property of thier husbands, get stoned occasionally, and raped if they show thier ankles in public.

Ooooh yeaaaahhhh!

Thanks for reminding me; I have to go down to the basement and untie my wife, it's time for her to start preparing dinner!