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Islamic scriptures generally employ the masculine pronoun in Arabic, which is used to refer to both men and women. On occasion, the scriptures diverge from this standard, inclusive usage, and comment specifically on men or women. The perspective taken by Islamic scriptures on women is of special interest in recent times due to frequent collision with modern values. | Islamic scriptures generally employ the masculine pronoun in Arabic, which is used to refer to both men and women. On occasion, the scriptures diverge from this standard, inclusive usage, and comment specifically on men or women. The perspective taken by Islamic scriptures on women is of special interest in recent times due to frequent collision with modern values. | ||
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It should also be noted that whereas the patriarchal arrangements of early Islamic society hardly deserve indictment, given their historical situation and the fact that they were in a limited sense an improvement upon pre-Islamic gender norms, the same can, perhaps, not be said about the perpetual enshrinement of those patriarchal norms - however much an improvement in 7th century Arabia - as took place in the ideas of Islamic law that finally emerged. | It should also be noted that whereas the patriarchal arrangements of early Islamic society hardly deserve indictment, given their historical situation and the fact that they were in a limited sense an improvement upon pre-Islamic gender norms, the same can, perhaps, not be said about the perpetual enshrinement of those patriarchal norms - however much an improvement in 7th century Arabia - as took place in the ideas of Islamic law that finally emerged. | ||
== Overview == | ==Overview== | ||
=== Women in Islam === | ===Women in Islam=== | ||
{{Main|Women in Islam}} | {{Main|Women in Islam}} | ||
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{{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|62|33}}|Narrated Usama bin Zaid: '''The Prophet said, "After me I have not left any affliction [fitnah] more harmful to men than women."'''}} | {{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|62|33}}|Narrated Usama bin Zaid: '''The Prophet said, "After me I have not left any affliction [fitnah] more harmful to men than women."'''}} | ||
=== Honor Violence and Islam === | ===Honor Violence and Islam=== | ||
{{Main|Honor Violence}} | {{Main|Honor Violence}} | ||
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==In Islamic doctrine== | ==In Islamic doctrine== | ||
=== Women as intellectually deficient === | ===Women as intellectually deficient=== | ||
{{Main|Women are Deficient in Intelligence}} | {{Main|Women are Deficient in Intelligence}} | ||
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During the battle of Al-Jamal, Allah benefited me with a Word (I heard from the Prophet). When the Prophet heard the news that the people of the Persia had made the daughter of Khosrau their Queen (ruler), he said, "Never will succeed such a nation as makes a woman their ruler."}} | During the battle of Al-Jamal, Allah benefited me with a Word (I heard from the Prophet). When the Prophet heard the news that the people of the Persia had made the daughter of Khosrau their Queen (ruler), he said, "Never will succeed such a nation as makes a woman their ruler."}} | ||
=== 72 Virgins in Paradise === | ===72 Virgins in Paradise=== | ||
:''Main Articles: [[72 Virgins]] and [[Authenticity of 72 Virgins Hadith]]'' | :''Main Articles: [[72 Virgins]] and [[Authenticity of 72 Virgins Hadith]]'' | ||