| In a truely Islamic
society women have the following rights in Islam: |
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| 1. The right and duty to obtain education. |
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| 2. The right to have their own independent property. |
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| 3. The right to work to earn money if they need it
or want it. |
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| 4. Equality of reward for equal deeds. |
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| 5. The right to express their opinion and be heard. |
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| 6. The right to provisions from the husband for all
her needs and more. |
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| 7. The right to negotiate marriage terms of her choice. |
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| 8. The right to obtain divorce from her husband, even
on the grounds that she simply can't stand him. (pls note that God deeply
frowns upon divorce as a solution unless there is hardly any other alternative
but it does not mean that men have more right to divorce their wives than
women do.) |
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| 9. The right to keep all her own money (she is not
responsible to maintain any relations). |
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| 10. The right to get sexual satisfaction from her
husband. |
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| 11. custody of their children after divorce |
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| 12. to refuse any marriage that does not please them |
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| and more... |
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| Here is an article taken from a speeh which details
some of these rights: Ideals and role models
for women in Islam |
| Courtesy of Islamic.Org |