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Status of Women in Islam
They questioned whether woman had a soul or was she
a body without a soul. If she was a human with a soul, was
her soul similar to that of a man or not? Had they regarded
her with a soul, her soul would have been lower than the
man’s soul.
In the second stage during the reign of Hammurabi,
the rule of the Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, Chinese and
Persians, certain family laws appeared in their codes such
as ‘woman had rights in the human society’. But that,
did not change her status. She was considered a weak
person who was incapable of bearing the life’s burden and
managing its affairs. She never enjoyed any freedom and
was not allowed to join men in social gatherings. She never
joined the study circles of the philosophers.
However, the woman in these societies was yielding to
the authority of man throughout life, obeying his orders
without any objection.
She hadn’t any freedom that would make her able to
achieve any kind of work and was deprived of all rights and
social privileges. She was deprived of any right to complain
or protest and she was not allowed to give evidence in the
courts.
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