Women Are Fighting The Wrong War

I was listening to a lecture on Darwinism by Suboor Ahmad from Sapience Institute(highly recommended), in which he said, ‘The popular science is different from academic science’, the satement I found very interesting, and sad, unfortunately.

We can extract a principle from the above statement that, ‘Popular or Vocal or Trending doesn’t necessarily mean that it is True, the academic reality can be entirely somethingelse’.

By using that analogy, this principle gives a very good explanation for today’s so-called ‘Feminism - The Women Empowerment’ in the muslim community and the world in general.

For some reason or another, the academic voice is not as vocal as the popular one, only those who read, contemplate, and think objectively get the understanding academically.

I claim with complete responsibility that today’s muslim women and women in general are fighting the wrong war, the war with religion instead of culture and societal norms, which if they continue to fight, will lead to nowhere except destroying the future generation of women, who will born in the remains of this ‘war’, that are anxiety, lonliness, depression, degenerecy, and empty souls.

There is this fine tuning that is being done on the general public, and most importantly on young women, by some women and men alike with no academic background on the subject, except with the conclusions they derive with their low EQ or poor decision making or any other subjective trauma. 

All you hear on the internet nowadays is the exploitation of ‘freedom’ in the name of ‘empowerment’.

Freedom loses the value and title of ‘basic human right’ if it is taken into action without responsibility.

Yes, you have complete freedom of what to wear with responsibility.

Yes, you have complete freedom of education with responsibility.

Yes, you have complete freedom to marry with responsibility.

This is applicable to both genders without a speck of doubt.

This responsibilty inculdes Individual, Communal, religious, Moral, Ethical, and Financial.

And the most responsibility as muslims is with regards to God, Allah.

But guess what, these pioneer ignorants of feminism will run far away from the word, ‘Responsibility’.

We should also emphasize that society and culture do show partiality among men and women, there is no denying that.

Which we need to fight collectively together, the ‘real war’.

That being said, we will explore what are the real problems that women and men need to collectively fight, which in the real world are getting close to zero attention, unfortunately.

This war is an obligation on men to join alongside women religiously, financially, physically, ethically, and morally in thought and action.

Below are some of the major problems muslims women and women in general face in today’s world.

1. Restriction on Education and Work

2. Unequal pays

3. Domestic violence, sexual abuse, and trafficking

4. Forced Marriages

5. Abduction of Inheritence

6. Divorce

7. Son superiority complex

and many more.

Here, I will try to explain each social issue mentioned above with the Quran as the evidence to prove how these evil cultural practices are being covered with religion and Islam in particular as a blanket.

There should be no bias with regard to education according to the Quran, chapter 39, Az-Zumar, verse 9,

"Are those who know equal to those who do not know?" This verse encourages seeking knowledge(Education) and highlights its importance in the life of a Muslim whether male or female.

There should be no bias with regard to work and earnings of women according to the Quran, Chapter 4, An-Nisa, Verse 32,

"And do not wish for that by which Allah has made some of you exceed others. For men is a share of what they have earned, and for women is a share of what they have earned."

And of course this verse should be taken along with the responsibility that Islam puts upon women and men alike to build their homes, take care of children, as the roles assigned to each other, by the divine doctrine - First priority is God, then Family, then comes subjective desires.

There should be no room for domestic violence, sexual abuse and any kind of harm on women according to the Quran, chapter 30, Ar-Rum, verse 21, 

“And among His signs is that He created for you mates from among yourselves, that you may dwell in tranquillity with them, and He has put love and mercy between your hearts. Verily in that are signs for those who reflect." 

Islam recognizes the importance of mutual respect, kindness, and love between spouses.

This verse highlights that marriage is a sacred bond between spouses and emphasizes the importance of love, mercy, and tranquillity in a successful marriage.

The Quran provides guidelines for the treatment of women in marriage according to chapter 2, Al-Baqarah, verse 187,

"They are clothing for you, and you are clothing for them."

This verse emphasizes the importance of mutual respect and protection in marriage.

The Quran emphasizes the prohibition on forced marriages and Divorce in the Quran, chapter 4, An-Nisa verse 19,

"O you who have believed, it is not lawful for you to inherit women by compulsion. And do not make difficulties for them to take [back] part of what you gave them unless they commit a clear immorality. And live with them in kindness. For if you dislike them - perhaps you dislike a thing, and Allah makes therein much good."

There is a fair ruling on inheritance with regard to women in general according to the Quran, Chapter 4, An-Nisa, verse 7,

“For men there is a share in what their parents and close relatives leave, and for women there is a share in what their parents and close relatives leave—whether it is little or much. ˹These are˺ obligatory shares.”

And there are many exceptional cases where women get more than men. Inheritance is biggger issue that requires more academic and detailed explanation to understand the wisdom of God, Allah.

The Quran breaks the son superiority complex in the end of chapter 49, Al-Hujurat, verse 13,

"O mankind, indeed, We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted."

Islam promotes the principle of equality between men and women, chapter 33, Al-Ahzab, verse 35,

"Indeed, the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and believing women, the obedient men and obedient women, the truthful men and truthful women, the patient men and patient women, the humble men and humble women, the charitable men and charitable women, the fasting men and fasting women, the men who guard their private parts and the women who do so, and the men who remember Allah often and the women who do so - for them Allah has prepared forgiveness and a great reward."

These are the few verses that I think made clear the misconceptions and exposed the lies that are being spread on Islam as the religion that oppresses women, infact it is the Western society that uses women for their capitalistic benifit which will be discussed in the future blogs, Insha Allah - God Willing.

Now it is upto you whether you fight the real enemy or the keeping fighting the propaganda war.

Peace, Salam.