Women in Islam

Respected sister,

In one of my earlier post I had said the delima that Ummah is facing might very possibly be due to the reason that muslim men have taken away the rights of women as given to them by Allah [swt]. In islam woman is the cradel of future of Ummah and muslim men has defiled this cradel. Now we stand at the point in history where Islam is ball in the game of soccer. May Allah forgive our sins and save Ummah of his Nabi [saw]from further disgrace.

Protecting women's right is women's own job you should go to the Masjids and Islamic centre propogate the right that are given to you by Allah[saw] let men know  what your rights are speak boldy among men, do not forget it is sunnah of Ummal Momineen Hz. Ayesha siddika[ra] to teach and propogate teaching of Islam. It is you women who can create awareness among your husband, brothers, fathers and sons.

Assalamu alaikum,

Sister herjihad, the points you are making are so very important.  It is very true that even here in the west, where everything is available, Muslim women are still left to the mercy of their husbands (or the kaffir government system).

Even in our little community, when we get together, all the men go in another room.  They wouldn't see bruises on a sister if her very face were black and blue!  They wouldn't notice someone is too thin.  I don't even know what these men look like, if I ran into one of them at a store, I wouldn't even know them!  And these are the brothers who are supposed to protect me?

This business of separation of the sexes is out of hand in some places.  In the time of the Prophet, men and women discussed community matters together, prayed together, fought battles together and helped one another.  How can we help or be helped when we don't even know one another?

Brother Fatah, the sister is so right - it is up to the men to take the lead in our communities and watch out for and help the sisters and children.  We women will do as much as we are able (without having our husband flip out - a sad, but true reality for many of us).

May Allah give the men strength and courage to do their job and may He give the women and children courage to ease the process along!

Peace, ummziba.

Alaikoam Salam

Sisters We have to encourage everyone to accept we all have feelings, thoughts, passions and expect and encourage excellent conduct from everyone regardless of their state of dress, spiritual path and encourage everyone to learn how to respect themselves and others.

I find it ironic that many Muslims complain about western/european thinking and practices and yet some Muslims are doing just as bad if not worse in thier coduct.

But then I believe We are all Muslims, One People, One Spirit under the Ummah of Islam regardless of the spiritual path We choose for all religion/spiritual paths are expressions of the evolution of Islam.

Islam and Life are the same process and we are given the freedom to choose our path by Allah, however the first and highest path is to be a good, kindly and caring person.  The second is to obey the Human Rights Act in all you do.  The third is to strive to educate yourself, yourfamily and community members to be the best people you can be and do many Living Prayers which are like giving Zakat only on a daily basis.

Islam is far more than you may have once believed.

With the roots of Life and Islam we have the foundations from which to build a wonderful world, please remember all Religions are Muslim/Islamic as they are all expressions of the evolution of Life and Islam.  Each path offers hidden and open treasures from which to build a wonderful life.

However the foundations of life and Islam are as follows.....

As His Army Our Education is:

1. How to Establish and Maintain Healthy Boundaries

2. Good Communication Skills

3. Good Conflict Resolution Skills

4. Education in the Levels and Stages of Sexual and other Frustrations.  (So no child need fear abduction or molestation of any age)

5. Building Family and Community Spirit

6. Spiritual Guidance like how to pray

7. Doing Living Prayers like supporting someone who has a family while they take training or upgrading.

8. Hajj (Pilgrimage) to Self, Family, Friends, Community, Nation, World seeing what we need assistance with, who can help and who we can in turn help as every and all life is sacride and deserve such a respectful tribute when required.

9. Have open channels for consulting Government on Policies and Laws etc.

10. Abide by the human rights act.

11. Be environmentally friendly and promote environmental awareness.

12. Motivate people towards becoming educated, trained, counseled, consulted and guided towards being the best person you can be.

So if you are a person who has a history of being abused or abusive realize your Health and Well Being is of the utmost Importance in all realms of your Community, Family and World and you should not give in to dispair or give up on yourself there is hope.  Consult your teachers and Doctors for counselors or training programs that can assist you and realize you may have to take a retreat into a Center especially for dealing with your issues and this is not a Bad thing, it shows you care about yourself and your Family.

We are Amegadon - army gathering....

Just my humour.

Salam Alaikoam

Peace be with you

Anne Marie Elderkin-Habibi

Inshallah there will continue to be a great sorting out into groups as there has already, Surah 99, 1-8.

Anne Marie Elderkin Habibi

It is everyone's responsibilty to educate themselves and to seek and help others. Violence is everyone's concern, whether it is committed upon women, men or children.

It seems to me, that isolation is not a good thing. In the west, people are often seperated from their families. There is not the collective effort to help family members. Many do not live with parents, brothers and sisters, cousins etc. How do you confront people if they are strangers? We need to know each other.

One thing is that many women do not go to the mosque. Some of it is business and some is that the mosque does not feel welcoming. Many mosques become battle grounds for different ideologies. Mosques need to have community centers with them as well. They need to be places for the Ummah to gather where all are welcome.  Many newer mosques are doing this when they design a facility. In order for the Moslem community to be strong and support each other, this is critical. We need ot know each other to be able to have this happen.

This is not easy as people have cultural comfort.. doing what feel comfortable for them, what is fun and social. Nothing we do will be perfect, but until we make an effort to reach out to each other we cannot help each other.

I am an organizer of people. And certain structures help processes to happen. I have visited a mosque a few times and could think of half a dozen ways to help build the community. Just simple small things. I know that the mosque can be intimidating if you do not know anyone there.

I do also think that there needs to a space for both genders to be educated about the issue of violence. Sometimes violence is in the home and sometimes outside the home. Education is important. If men are the 'protectors of women' they need to be willing to learn and make efforts in this regard.