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Status of Women in Islam
It was in 1882 A.D. that a British Law unprecedented in
the country’s history granted women the right to decide
how their own earnings should be spent, instead of
handing them over directly to their husbands. Until then,
even the clothes on their backs had been their husbands’
property.
Henry VIII even forbade women to study the Bible when
the first En&h Translations began to appear.
The women in the West had to fight hard for their
rights. In 1919, women in England fought for their rights
to be elected to parliament. Because of their demands,
they were imprisoned by the government and suffered
tremendously.
However; due to their struggle, the women in the West
recently came to enjoy their rights and privileges.
In the Arabian peninsula the woman had no right or
esteem as well. She was just a chattel to form part of
the property of a father or a husband. Most of them were
ashamed of having a daughter, because, according to
these tribes a daughter could not become a warrior to
defend the tribe or she might be taken captive by their
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