Woman right and honour in Islam versus christianity and Jewish or Judaism a comparative study.
WOMEN IN ISLAM VERSUS WOMEN IN THE JUDAEO-CHRISTIAN TRADITION BY Dr. Sherif Abdel Azeem CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. EVE'S FAULT ? 3. EVE'S LEGACY 4. SHAMEFUL DAUGHTERS ? 5. FEMALE EDUCATION ? 6. UNCLEAN IMPURE WOMAN ? 7. BEARING WITNESS 8. ADULTERY 9. VOWS 10. WIFE'S PROPERTY ? 11. DIVORCE 12. MOTHERS 13. FEMALE INHERITANCE ? 14. PLIGHT OF WIDOWS 15. POLYGAMY 16. THE VEIL 17. EPILOGUE and Notes 1. INTRODUCTION Five years ago, I read in the Toronto Star issue of July 3, 1990 an article titled "Islam is not alone in patriarchal doctrines", by Gwynne Dyer. The article described the furious reactions of the participants of a conference on women and power held in Montreal to the comments of the famous Egyptian feminist Dr. Nawal Saadawi. Her "politically incorrect" statements included : "the most restrictive elements towards women can be found first in Judaism in the Old Testament then in Christianity and then in the Quran"; &qu