The Koran

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This paper relates that, until the Koran, women in the Arabic world were regarded as sexual and not human beings. The paper then explains that the Koran gave women the basic rights that their husbands always enjoyed, such as the right to some inheritance, to have possessions of their own, to get an education and to divorce. The paper also points out that the Koran emphasizes the importance of women as mothers, wives and daughters. The paper stresses that, according to the Koran, where women and men believers are seen as equals in God's world, men are expected to treat women righteously.

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"It is true that polygamy was allowed by the Koran, but one has to envision it in the frame of a world divided by tribal fights and, after Islam, by fights to conquer new territories and to protect their own. Women needed protectors in a world where there were few chances of survival without them and the only way to have one was by marriage. The Prophet himself married several of his wives only by political means, to create alliances, or to protect the women left with children and no man to support them."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Badawi, Jamal A. "The Status of Women in Islam". Islam for Today. 17 Mar 2007. Retrieved: 6 Aug 2007.Available at: http://www.islamfortoday.com/womensrightsbadawi.htm
• Maqsood, Ruqaiyyah Waris. "Islam, Culture and Women". Islam for Today. 17 Mar 2007. Retrieved: 6 Aug 2007.Available at: http://www.islamfortoday.com/womensrightsbadawi.htm
• "Quran and Women". 2001, Hashmi Human Resources Development Society. Retrieved: 6 Aug 2007Available at: http://www.hashmitrust.com/htm/women&quran.htm
• "The Status of Women in Islam". Muslim Students Association. 24 Mar 2004. Retrieved: 6 Aug 2007. Available at: http://www.mtsu.edu/~msa/women2.htm

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