How many Muslim women are abused in the Middle East?

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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.

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whether 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

Islam

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 !!