Status of Women in Islam: A Critical Analysis on a Matter of Equality
Skip to main content Toggle navigation Status of Women in Islam: A Critical Analysis on a Matter of Equality Ghulam Husayn Adeel TABLE OF CONTENTS ▼ 15 minutes read Status of Women in Islam: A Critical Analysis on a Matter of Equality Ghulam Hossein Adeel Introduction The status of women in Islam is one of the crucial topics and dominant themes in the modern era, which theologians have been studying. Islam regards men and women as being of the same essence created from a single soul. A woman has a completely independent personality in Islam. In this paper, I will provide an overview of the status of women in Islam in general and then I will focus on the issue of equality. One important part of the discussion will be devoted to clarify the conceptual context and the relevant terminology of the subject of inheritance and to explain certain rulings of inheritance in Islamic law that may seem at first glance to be in conflict with the idea of equality. Status of Woman in Islam In the Isl