Bismillah: Assalamo Alikum.
Quote:You don't think that forcing people to wear a burqa/veil/nquab (or whatever) against their will is degrading, even when they tell you so ?
Hijab was not made to be forced on people, Hijab is a duty Allah, the Almighty prescribed for the Muslim woman, so the effect of forcing anybody to do or not do something is negative and unhealthy. but please note, that when a Muslim neglects to dress according to the Islamic code it is usually <b>because of lack of knowledge and weakness of Iman</b>.
shortly, nowhere in the Qur'an where we find Hijab was forced on people, we must be gentles when we advise our wives or daughters to practice the religion of Allah. even when Allah sent Moses to preach to Pharoah. He ordered him to be gentle in preaching!
The Prophet pbuh says, “make it easy and don't make it hard on people; give good news and don't turn people away."
Quote:You are either ignorant of the meaning of the word equal or are being delibarately deceptive. I suspect the latter.
It seems that you are the one who are totally ignorant of the meaning of the terms ‘equal’ and ‘identical’. Can’t you see that you and your wife were created physically different? Does this make any of you superior over the other?
Obviously, the westerners have misunderstood the term ‘equal’ and that’s why under the name of equality, the USA government has given equal responsibility to men and women to take active part in the battle field, but look what happened!! The defense department issued a report on 23 of April 1993 says: <b>that - ‘90 people were sexually assaulted in a convention, out of which 83 were women and 117 officers were charged with in disciplinary action’ </b>
The president Clinton himself had to apologize in public for this incident and said <i>‘Necessary action will be taken’ </i>
Again John, men and women in Islam are equal but not identical, and so the role of each one is different.
Quote:Can a wife take on another husband ? Can a husband take on another wife ?
You know well that a wife cannot take another husband, why cant you ask yourself a simple question, if that woman who have more than one husband give birth to a child, how will we identify the father? Which name will this child carry? Maybe for you it doesn’t matter if the father was not identified, but Islam gives tremendous importance to the identification of both parents, mother and father. I am aware that recent advances in science have made it possible for both the mother and father to be identified with the help of genetic testing. Thus this point which was applicable for the past may not be applicable for the present. plus man is more polygamous by nature as compared to a woman, also it is easier for a man to perform his duties as a husband despite having several wives. A woman, in a similar position, having several husbands, will not find it possible to perform her duties as a wife. A woman undergoes several psychological and behavioral changes due to different phases of the menstrual cycle. There are probably many more reasons why Allah, in His Infinite Wisdom, has prohibited polyandry.
Salam
wael.
