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Why have women lost their rights in some fundamentalist Islamic countries?
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In all versions of The Bible the value of women is less than that of men.
In the third version, the Islamic Koran, there are explicit surahs which evaluate the value asigned to momen, such as in surah 4:176:
"They ask thee for a legal decision. Say: Allah directs (thus) about those who leave no descendants or ascendants as heirs. If it is a man that dies, leaving a sister but no child, she shall have half the inheritance: If (such a deceased was) a woman, who left no child, Her brother takes her inheritance: If there are two sisters, they shall have two-thirds of the inheritance (between them): if there are brothers and sisters, (they share), the male having twice the share of the female. Thus doth Allah make clear to you (His law), lest ye err. And Allah hath knowledge of all things."
Then we get instructions on how to treat women: well. The Hadiths are quite clear why you should treat women well: "Treat women well, for they are [like] domestic animals ('awan) with you". [1] The Koran is a bit more explicit, as surah 4:34 (Men are caretakers of women … you fear rebellion, convince them, and leave them apart in beds, and beat them. Then, if they obey you, do not seek a way against them. Surely, Allah is the Highest, the Greatest.) grants the husband three levels of punishment: admonish, ignore, beat.
Then you get Sharia, Islamic law, which assigns certain rights to women which are greatly reduced to those of men. The majority of women in Pakistani jails are women who were raped and are punished for this sin.
In Saudi, women are not officially allowed to drive a car and in Iran, where I grew up, religion police are fining women whose chador is not closed tight enough.
The only reason we don't get this in non-Islamic countries is that we have advanced to a more secular approach and women have equal rights, where even this is not applied everywhere.
Remember also that Islam is not just a religion it's a system of State, Religion and Law.
[1] Al-Tabari, Abu Ja'far Muhammad b. Jarir. The History of al-Tabari. Vol.IX:
The Last Years of the Prophet. Translated and annotated by Ismail K. Poonawala. State University of NewYork Press, Albany, 1990 (pages 112-114)
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