Islam

It depends where they are in the world. Islamic girls in the US, and most if not all Western countries, are required by law to attend school. There are still many places in the Middle East where females are not allowed to be educated, because the man is considered the only one who needs it. Women there are generally expected to cook, clean, and make babies.

The Arabs were a backwards and disorganized group until Muhammed organized them as a coherent military force. The Rise of Islam is thus the only time in history when Arabs conquered anybody. (After the Rise of Islam, the Arab World fell prey to Turkish invaders (like the Ottomans and Seljuqs) and still later than that European Powers.

The Islamic Caliphate effectively destroyed the Sassanid and Byzantine Empires. (The Sassanid internal structure remained unchanged and the Byzantines retained a fraction of their territory in Western Anatolia and Southeastern Europe.) The Arabs also overthrew what remained of the Western Roman Empire in Africa like Carthage in Tunisia. Finally the Arabs (assisted strongly by the indigenous North African Amazigh - Berber peoples) conquered Visigothic Spain, taking everything save the Northern coast.

Islam is a religious, political and military movement alltogether. The religion works as strong motivation to either the conquest from within of a country (politics) or the military invasion. In the early centuries of Islamic expansionism, the military conquest was the prevalent way of subjugating other conutries and Empires. From the very first beginning, Islam had been supported by the military conquests. The conquest of the (modern day) Arabian peninsula was conducted under the military leadership of Muhammad, but after his death, other leaders (caliphs) took over and got along the military invasion of all North Africa and the Hispanic peninsula, the Levant, Persia, Afghanistan, Central Asia, etc. The invasions was halted in the west by Franks counterattack (Battle of Poiters and Toulouse) and in the East by a Federation of Hindus kingdoms (Battle of Rajasthan, in 738).

Once the countries were subdue, the muslims retained the status of conquerers in order to implement a religious-aparthed, while the native populations was treated as second class citizens, with almost no rights than paying taxes to the islamic masters.

Under the pressure of duress, the native started to convert in order to escape the religious-apartheid status, starting from the poorest classes.

Islam teachings per Quran and prophet Muhammad (PBUH) Sunnah (sayings and practices) treat women equally and complementary to men. They are even prioritized than men and said by prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that the paradise is under the feet of mothers. Prophet taught his followers to treat their wives and mothers kindly, nicely, and with modesty. Islam had given the women all their human rights that just were recognized recently by the UN and other religions. Muslim women have the right to work, to choose their own husbands, to sign contracts and to have their own properties and earnings.

Answer:

The following principles are true about women in Islamic law:

1) A woman does not become the property of her husband at marriage. The proof of that is that a Muslim woman should not change her last name ever. She has her own identity.

2) A woman has the right to inherit wealth and own property or have a career.

3) A woman can not be forced to marry a man she does not want.

4) A woman has the right to divorce her husband.

5) A woman can be a scholar.

6) A woman is not obligated to do the housework. If she does do it, it is a charity on her part. But if her husband is wealthy enough to hire a maind, she can insist that he does so.

7) A woman can not be mistreated by her husband. She can not be beaten (the verse people use to say that she can is not understood properly. In the case that a woman is making a lot of trouble for her husband and children, her husband can make contact with her physically - like grabbing - in order to get her to settle down. In all cases, this contact must not be so tough as to leave any mark on her).

Answer 1

They were polytheistic, following a number of local gods/goddesses. Many were animists (believers in spirits) or henotheists (people who believed in one superior god and numerous lesser gods). Many of the tribes worshiped animal-like statues and moon goddess.

Poetry and language were very important to them, and towns would hold poetry competitions.

Tribal and kinship affiliations were the most important part of a person's identity and was the ultimate basis of society, leading to many wars over trade routes by different tribes that wished to profit from them.

There were people who were nomadic, semi-nomadic and completely settled. An individual clan would have members in all three areas.

Answer 2

People of Arabia used to kill their daughters when born and they buried them alive in their childhood no good for a women to be born

But when Islam came they give respect and a rank to women they made women equally with men due to which Arabs has fight with Muslims.

Answer 3

The Arabs before the influence of Islam were Jews and Christians and Pagans and Nomadic tribes who believed in several Gods. Women were just objects of desire and had no rights and the Arabs were arrogant, cruel, barbaric and uncivilized race always fighting with frequent tribal rivalry. Female children were buried alive as they were not welcomed and accepted by the Arab men. With the emergence of Islam things gradually changed, law and order prevailed, women were given more rights and respectability and trade and commerce flourished.

Answer 1

That is a bit of a tricky question, for a number of reasons.

1. The word Arab, wasn't in existence before the 14th century, long after the time of Abraham

2. It was used almost exclusively to describe Bedouins, dessert peoples that are a pastoral culture, meaning they move from place to place with the change of seasons for various agricultural reasons.

3. The modern term Arab is a bit of a catch all that not only incorporates geography as it's litmus test, but language and culture as well. As such, in some North African countries (like Egypt) the people are considered Arabs.

So the word is a bit murky. Since Abraham lived before the word was even in existence, it would probably make more sense then to say that he was of Semitic origin, a group that includes both Arabs and Jews.

Answer 2

He was not Arab. Arabs did not leave the Arabian Peninsula until the 600s B.C.E. (and then not en masse until the Conquests of Omar in the 640s C.E.) and Abraham was born in Ur in Mesopotamia. Secondly Arabs trace their lineage back to Ishmael, Abraham's son which would mean that while he was the father of the Arab progenitor, he himself would not be Arab.

Ethnically, most people believe Abraham to be Chaldean, a Mesopotamian ethnicity that dominated the southern Mesopotamian region.

Answer 3

prophet Ibrahim PBUH had two son Isaac PBUH and Ismael PBUH. Jews are children of Isaac PBUH and most of Muslims children of Ismael PBUH.

Answer 1

1. Ahl-i-Sunnat wal Jama'at

2. Shiya

Shia adherents and sunnies have the same basic belief except a few minor differences. The Shias claim that instead of first three Rightful Caliphs, the fourth Rightful Caliph Hazrat Ali (RAU) should have been chosen the First Caliph. The other differences are the creation of later people. The Sunni and Shia scholars have joined hands and sat together to solve the problems amicably. They have decided to tolerate each other and to avoid highlighting such matters as create hatred and enmity. May Allah Karim bless us with tolerance of all riligions and all humans! A'meen

Answer 2

The basic two groups are Sunni and Shiites Muslims. However, it is to be recognized that the differences between these two groups are minor and side differences. The basic Islam beliefs are the same for Islamic groups or schools as well as they have the same holy book Qur'an, they have the same ritual worships of praying, fasting, pilgrimage (or Hajj), same direction when praying. It is to be emphasized that the persuasion of the west to deepen differences between Islamic different schools and agitate conflicts among them to help in implementing their policies of the creative disturbance will never succeed. The differences among Islamic schools are never the same as the Christian different denominations and sects.
sunnite Muslims, and shiite Muslims

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Sunnis and Shiites. They are just to Islamic schools that differ in minor issues. The outsiders are trying to feed up assumed differences and conflicts between Muslim groups to gain control on Muslim countries and on their resources. The two main groups are Sunnis and Shiites. Both groups agree upon basic Islam pillars, believe in same and only version of Quran, believe and follow the sunnah of same prophet (PBUH), pray to same direction (facing Kaba in Makkah or Mecca in Saudi Arabia, go to same places on pilgrimage (or Hajj), and adhere to same Islam morals and ritual worships. They only differed on some side issues that are not critical.