In many parts of the region, a substantial number. For example 83% of all Egyptian women have been harassed and almost half of all Egyptian women are harassed daily. 62% of Egyptian men also admit to sexually harassing women wearing headscarves. Similarly, 52% of married Yemen women were raped by their husbands while they were still children. Abuse and sexual assault against women are common in the Islamic and Middle Eastern world.
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AnswerThe word "abused" in your question have many meanings. Since you mentioned Middle East were the religion is predominantly Islam, I'm guessing you meant "How are women treated in the Islamic religion?"Please see link "Women in the Quran."
AnswerWomen (or Men, for that matter) should not abused by anyone of any faith. Islam certainly forbids any form of abuse against women but unfortunately many Muslim men are not exemplary Muslims.Islam does not agree with abuse. The sad fact is that abuse is GOING on everywhere, no matter what religion you are...it is happening and this is wrong.
AnswerI would like to add that the middle east has a large population of Christians and Jews as well. So the numbers of women abused there does not reflect on the religion, but the lack of laws preventing abuse in the region. We are talking about countries where tradition is ruling them not religion. AnswerAny country which allows female genital mutilation is a country where women are abused. Sadly this is still common in many Islamic cultures, especially in poorer areas with little education.Additionally, in Islamic culture it is often socially acceptable to kill girls and women who are suspected of "immoral behavior". this is done to "preserve the family honor". What honor is there in this murderous behaviour? There was a case a few years ago where a girl was killed in her bed by her own mother because it turned out her brother was raping her. Usually, though, this job falls on rhe brothers. Very sad, but true.
ANSWERwhether the women are Muslims or not or in the middle east or not has nothing to do with it..
Islam prevents all sorts of harrasment of women (or men) or anyone for that matter as it preaches peace and tolerance e.g. the traditional kgreeting in Islam is (al salam alaykom WA rahmat ALLAH WA barakatoh) ; peace , God's mercy and blessing be upon you..
as for women's roles in the Islamic society ; they have rights and duties just like anyone in any religeon( please do not be fooled by some misinformed people who claim that Islam encourages poor treatment of women...i am a Muslim woman(muslima) and i assure you i am in no way hassled or abused or maltreated :)
the fact that some women are abused is a sad fact that has nothing to do with the religeon of the woman or the person harassing her
for instance some Muslim women suffer prejudice and intolerance from non Muslim individuals(e.g. marwa el sherbiny may God have mercyupon her soul)
abuse is a cultural problem not a religeous one and as I've already stated
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encourages men to treat women with kindess( refkan bel kawareer) it means treat women with kindness and be gentle with them.
and may i add that the part "52% of married Yemen women were raped by their husbands while they were still children" is ALSO a cultural problem not a religeous one as its just not logical that a religeon with so many followers would preach that underaged girls should be married ..otherwise it wouldn't have so many followers now would it?!
and something else while I'm on the subject of marriage , the prophet Muhammad (PBUH) stated that women must not marry against their will and must only marry a man that they approve of.
if this does occur, then I'll say it again it's a cultural problem !!
The way the question is phrased (using the word "Islamic") refers to land. Since 99% of the Middle East is owned by majority-Muslim countries, 99% would be your answer. If you intended to ask what percentage of the Middle East is Muslim, i.e. referring to humans. roughly 90% of all Middle Easterners are Muslims. The largest non-Muslim populations in the Middle East are the Egyptian Copts (roughly 8 million people) and the Israeli Jews (roughly 6 million people).
They were the most advanced people on Earth and mainly lived in the middle east.
Muslim women use "halal" cosmetics--ones that contain only ingredients acceptable to Muslim law. (Basically this means no pork fat, no gelatin--a lot of it is sourced from pork--and no alcohols.) In the Middle East, if you buy cosmetics they're going to be halal; it is a huge business over there. If you're in a non-Muslim country you can go to an Islamic market and find halal products, or you can go to websites like halalcosmetics.com.
The Greater Middle East includes all of the countries of the Middle East plus North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Cyprus, and parts of the Horn of Africa.
Probably from the Middle-East, and from the Middle-East to Africa.
according to news reports there are 60,000 anually.
The Middle East is also where Islam began.
Muslim / Islam
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Beauty is always a matter of opinion. And I am not familiar with women in the Middle East !
Generally, no, but there is a minority that does do this. It is something done exclusively by conservative Muslim couples.
Turkey.
Sunni Muslim
Islam is the dominant religion in the Middle East and Egypt. The majority of the population in these regions adhere to the Sunni sect of Islam, with a smaller but significant presence of Shia Muslims as well. Christianity and Judaism also have historical and cultural significance in these areas.
There is no continent specifically called the "Muslim continent." However, the continent with the highest Muslim population is Asia, followed by Africa.
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all of it!!http://muslim-canada.org/muslimstats.html