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| Article Name : | | | A STUDY ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN ISLAM AND SITUATION OF MUSLIM WOMEN IN PRESENT DAY SOCIETY | | Author Name : | | | Imran Yousuf , S. Sivarajan | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-3747 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. All human beings are entitled to enjoy certain rights without any distinction of caste, creed, religion, sex etc. But the reality is different; every human being is a victim of one or the other types of human right violation. In the modern world women's rights and gender discrimination have became buzzwords, particularly the Muslim women have became the centre of attention both at national and international level. However Islam has protected and promoted the women's rights in a great deal. Islamic considers woman not only equal to man but in some respects give her importance more than man. Notwithstanding the misconception spread to the contrary, the present demonstrates beyond doubt that the gender equality, freedom and dignity that Islam offers to woman remain unparalleled. The purpose of this paper is only to clarify the Islamic position on the matter and not to imply that women in the Islamic societies across the world do not require any programmes of equality. They do so. The degeneration of the Muslim woman around the world over the past centuries is a necessary corollary to their cultural disorientation wrought in the main by the colonial holocaust. The present paper highlights the rights of women as per the Quran and the sayings of the Prophet, and the situation of Muslim women in the present society. The paper concludes that women in Islam have a great deal of rights to enjoy but the due to the common misconceptions of Muslim women have made them socially, economically and politically etc. backward in the present day societies. | | Keywords : | | |
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