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WOMEN IN
ISALM AND CHRISTIANITY
We Muslims are well aware of the
fact that Muslim women are
objects of derision and mockery especially in the
Western world. Women in
Islam are portrayed to be "oppressed" and "inferior"
by many Westerners.
However, most of the Westerners
I've heard this from are usually
Christian. It is amazing how many verses the
Christian bible has which
supports Islamic treatment of women, among other
issues. Here is a small
list I would like to share with all of you. Please
memorize it and defend
the truth from those who make a mockery out of it! You
will also know
that the christian bible degrades the female sex!
ARE WOMEN OPPRESSED IN
ISLAM?
Islam: Women must cover their
heads as a sign of "modesty." It also
serves as protection for the
female.
Christianity: 1 CORINTHIANS 11:3-10 in the christian bible orders
women
to cover their heads in prayers. These verses further state
that the
male doesn't have to cover his head because"female
was made from male, and
the male not from the female." It
further states that a woman covering her
head is a sign of male "authority."
Conclusion: Islam and Christianity both tell women to cover their
heads.
The main difference,
however, is that women in Islam
cover
their heads for purposes of
"modesty." Christian women cover
their heads as a sign of "male authority." It is clear
that
the bible gives women an
inferior status, whereas Islam
doesn't.
Islam: Adam and Eve (peace be
upon them) were EQUALLY responsible for
eating from the "forbidden tree."
They both repented and were forgiven
by the Most-Forgiving and Most-Merciful
Allahu ta'ala.
Christianity: Eve ate from the "forbidden tree" BEFORE
Adam did. Adam ate
from the tree
AFTER Eve did. The woman was deceived
FIRST.
Because of EVE causing Adam
to sin by eating from the
forbidden tree, the ground is "cursed." God
doesn't
forgive them, but damns
them and humanity -- thanks to
Eve
(the woman)! ALL females go through "pains
of
childbearing" as a punishment
from God -- because of EVE'S
sin.
All males have to go through pains of eating from
the
ground, thanks to EVE. ALL
babies are born in SIN, thanks
to
EVE. All of this can be found in GENESIS
2:4-3:24.
"Adam was not
decieved but the woman was" (1
TIMOTHY
2:11-14)
"Woman will be ruled over by the
male" (GENESIS 3:16)
In other words, thanks to a
FEMALE, we are damned!
It is clear
that in Christianity, the very first
woman
is blamed for wrongdoing,
but not the very first
male.
Islam: Quran orders us that
we should not "bury daughters alive."
Christianity: -"The birth of a
daughter is a loss" (ECCLESIASTICUS
22:3,
Catholic Bible)
- Ritual impurity of
a mother is TWICE as long if a
female
is born and not a male.
(LEVITICUS 12:2-5)
Is it not clear that Islam again gives a higher
status to females? What
Islam came to eradicate -- the bad treatment of
females -- still
continues
in today's Protestant and Catholic
scriptures.
ISLAM: Women
can talk in the mosque.
CHRISTIANITY: -"It is a shame for women to talk
in the
church."
(1 CORINTHIANS 14:34-35)
If females cannot talk, then how are they
supposed to learn? Again, it is
obvious that Islam gives the female a higher
status than the bible
does.
ISLAM: If the husband dies,
then the wife may marry another male by
choice.
CHRISTIANITY: If the husband dies without impregnating the wife,
then
the "brother" of
the dead husband MUST marry his
wife.
The female
CANNOT marry anyone else, but ONLY her
dead
husband's brother
(DEUTERONOMY 25:5).
Islam gives the woman a choice to marry or not, and
to whom she want to
marry, if her husband dies. In Christianity (and
Judaism), the woman has
NO CHOICE, but to marry her dead husband's brother.
It is clear which
religion is oppressing
women.
OTHER INTERESTING
SIMILARITIES:
ISLAM: Cut off the
hand if it steals - of course specific
conditions
apply).
CHRISTIANITY: "If your hand sins,
it is better to cut it off instead
of going to hell with both hands" (MARK 9:43)
If any christian tells us
we Muslims are CRUEL in punishing, then state
this verse to them. In fact,
the bible also tells one to "PLUCK YOUR EYE
OUT" if it
sins!
ISLAM: Stripes for the one
who is drunk - conditions apply.
CHRISTIANITY: The judge may order the
unjust man to be STRIPED
40 TIMES
(DEUTERONOMY 25:1-3)
ISLAM: Muslims
pray by prostrating and putting forehead on the ground.
CHRISTIANITY:
"Jesus fell on his face and prayed...(MATTHEW 26:39)
The churches
have even changed the way Jesus
prayed!
ISLAM: Allows a male to
marry more than one wife, up to four --
conditions
apply.
CHRISTIANITY: -Abraham had 3 wives in the bible: Sarah, Hagar,
and
Keturah.
(In book of
GENESIS)
-Solomon
had 700 wives and 300
concubines.
(1 KINGS 11:3)
-David had many wives (2 SAMUELS 5:13)
Nowhere in the bible does it
forbid polygamy, or says that the male must
marry one woman. Single marriage
is a Greco-Roman tradition -- one of the
many influences on the true
teachings of Jesus.
ISLAM: Kills
the apostate if he doesn't repent and return to Islam.
CHRISTIANITY: Do
not PITY the apostate, KILL HIM (DEUTERONOMY
13:8,9)
ISLAM: Allows slavery --
conditions apply of course.
CHRISTIANITY: Allows slavery (LEVITICUS
25:46).
ISLAM: Cannot SELL your
daughter.
CHRISTIANITY: You can sell your daughter (EXODUS
21:7)
ISLAM: Muslims cannot eat
pig.
CHRISTIANITY: "Do not eat pig meat or touch their dead
flesh"
(LEVITICUS 1l:8)
Is there
really anything the Christian (or Jew if verses are from the
first 5 books of
the Old Testament) can mock Islam about, that's not in
their book? When they
refute Islam, they are actually refuting their own
bible!
All verses
are taken from the KING JAMES version of the bible. Please
verify and confirm
these verses with other in other versions. They have
changed a lot! The
verse, "The birth of a daugher is a
loss"(ECCLESIASTICUS 22:3) is from the
CATHOLIC BIBLE.
Other interesting tid-bits:
_
PORNOGRAPHY (Genesis 35:22, Genesis 38:15-18,
2 Samuels
11:1, 2 Samuels
16:11-14,
Eziekel 23:1-49, etc)
- "Noah drank wine, got DRUNK,
and lay NAKED in his
tent!"
(GENESIS 9:21)
- "Sacrifice your ONLY SON" (GENESIS
22:2).
If any son could be
called "only son," it could only
be ISHMAEL, because he was born before Isaac!
- "The
father is greater than I" (JOHN
14:28)
Jesus is not God if the
"father is greater."
- Jesus is called a PROPHET (LUKE
24:19)
(All verses from KING JAMES version)
More to come
later! :)
