Stephen T-B

" Women do less work and are less productive than men; they are less innovative and less ambitious. They also have the additional burden of the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and thinking of their children. The demands of their feminine nature make them unable to match men in terms of work, and hinder them from advancing in the work place. This means that women’s wages are half those of men in most countries. Moreover, women are naturally inclined towards wearing make-up and jewellery; if they go out of their homes to work, they are going to spend much of the money
that they make on clothes, adornments and fixing their hair. Many countries are suffering because of millions wasted on foolish adornments, things that do not enhance society or contribute towards economic development.

A number of studies confirm that productivity is reduced because of women’s presence in the office.
However, there are kinds of work that can be done at home, which are highly feasible and suitable for women, suchas spinning, weaving, textiles and home economics. These kinds of work have been well known from ancient times.
‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) said: “The spindle in the hand of a woman is like a sword in the hand of the mujaahid.” The mother of Sufyaan al-Thawri used to tell him: “O my son, seek knowledge, and I will take care of you by my spinning.”
This kind of expertise can be handed down through the generations and built upon until a distinctive product is developed, as we may note in some societies such as the carpets from Iran and Kashmir which are made by hand at home.
Often such products are well-made and command high prices, and there is a high demand for them.
With regard to the number of children in the family, there are usually fewer children in families where women go out to work, and more in families where women do not work. This is not appropriate. Some societies need to increase their number of inhabitants, and some states even encourage people to increase the population by offering help for every child born to the family.

So it is essential to change the curriculum of women’s education as regards the number of years spent in school and the specialties taught. There is also a need to change the structure of women’s work by developing jobs with shorter hours, the flexibility to come and go, and part-time and short-term employment. In Japan, for example, women play their motherhood role by taking care of their children more than American women do.

Japanese women do not climb the career ladder which leads to a lifetime of work; they leave work after they get married.

Finally, I say that women have enough to do at home to keep them busy, fill their time and keep them from getting bored. They do not need to work outside the home in order to achieve this."

Study prepared by Dr. Zayd ibn Muhammad al-Rummaani

Member of Education Committee, Imaam Muhammad ibn Sa’ood Islamic University

Quoted from al-Da’wah magazine, issue #1742, p. 38

Radorth

There's not much interest in knocking Islam here Stephan, although it is far more likely to take over the world by force, or try to.

Ironic isn't it?

Rad

Yellum Notnef

Islam is just as fucked up,useless and disgusting as Christianity.
The only reason Islam isn`t mentioned more is because people aren`t constantly trying to shove it down our fucking throats.

There are no Islam jackasses running around these forums annoying us with their ridiculous crap,but theres an almost endless parade of their Christian counterparts.

HaysooChreesto!

Up until very recently, this was the view Xtians had. Sometimes it still is. But Christianity has had the luxury of evolving (!) along with western civilization and is now less draconian.
It's scary to think that it could take another 500-1000 years for Islam to evolve into what Christianity is today.
The human race has a long way to go.

ju'iblex

i have a handful of Islamic friends, a few who wear the hijab, and you also have to keep in mind this piece is extremely fundemental. Just as you have those crazy nuts who want to keep women out of the workforce in Islam, you have just as many nuts in Xianity who want the same. And whilst i do agree that Islam is on the whole a less progressive religion currently, there are degrees to everything.

Islam IMO is just as bad as Xianity, no worse

Never

Whoever wrote that should come spend a day at work with me.
That's all I'm gonna say.

Stephen T-B

Some guy on a BBC radio programme (whose name I didn’t pick up) pointed out that Islam is unreconstructed Medievalism because it never had the equivalent of the Christian Reformation. But before his audience might begin wishing that it would now undergo a parallel process and get modern, he pointed out that the Reformation introduced Europe to wars and cruelties which lasted for centuries, and that if Islam were to be torn apart by a reformation, as the Church was, we would soon have good reason to look back at the “good old days” of comparative harmony.

Boro Nut

I think it's mostly limited to two eyes, the bridge of the nose, and one very large scary eyebrow.

Godless Dave

That essay was ignorant and sexist. Substitute Bible verses for the Koranic ones and it could just as easily have come from Dobson or Falwell.