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Status of Women in Islam
enemies in the future.
Some of these tribes used to bury their daughters alive.
The Holy Quran mentions some of the sufferings of the
woman under the burden of these Tribal Laws which were
strongly condemned by Islam. The Quran states:
“And when one of them is informed of [the birth of] a female, his face
becomes dark, and he suppresses grief. He hides himself from the people
because of the ill of which he has been informed. Should he keep it in
humiliation or bury it in the ground? Unquestionably, evil is what they
decide.” Holy Qur’an 16:58--59
The Arabs’ contact with different nations had brought the
traditions of various religions to Arabia, such as Judaism,
Christianity, Star-Worshipers and Zoroastrianism.
The culture and way of life of these tribes were a
mixture of the customs and cultures of Persians, Romans,
Ethiopians, Egyptians, Jews, and the Christian of Iraq and
Yemen.
This was a brief account of the status of woman in the
pre-Islamic period.
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