Muslims for Progressive Values noted on its Facebook page in March:
A majority of contemporary Muslim religious leaders are not ‘contemporary’ in their worldview and are regressive and misogynistic which are contrary to the actual roles Muslim women were and played, during Prophet Muhammad’s time.
Then they added some points to complement a meme they shared (which I’m sharing after this):
- Hajra was Prophet Abraham’s second wife.
- Maryam is Mary, mother of Jesus (yes, there is a whole chapter about her in the Quran),
- Khadijah was a very successful trader and financed the survival of the first converts (she couldn’t be successful if she was going to follow the contemporary imam’s preaching of “a women’s place is at home” farcity),
- Aisha was Prophet Muhammad’s wife after Khadijah passed away (she didn’t stay home either),
- Umm Waraqa was the first female imam appointed by Prophet Muhammad.
- Zaynab’s husband never converted because Muslim women CAN marry non-Muslim men.
If you are a Muslim and attend a local mosque, it is your responsibility to challenge your religious authorities on these points.
Here is the meme they were referring to:
It’s an interesting argument, like those made for feminism and women’s leadership in Christianity as well. I’m not sure how much of it I buy – I feel like you can find plenty of arguments in the writings regarding both Islam and Christianity that make entirely different arguments. But if you are going to stick with a religion, might as well arm yourself with the dogma that supports your position.
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