Islam does not oppress women

I'm looking forward to have this debate with you. ArgumentsI will with these arguments show that Islam does not oppress women:1) Islam on wives2) Islam on mothers3) The Economic Aspect of Women in Islam4) Some other examplesIslam on wivesIslam highly encourages treating the wives well. They should be shown love, respect and care. Also, wives should be given the dowry, a gift from the husband, which is a part of the marriage contract. This dowry can be anything from money to clothes or jewelry. Even if the husband divorce the woman, he cannot take this dowry back. Also, the wife's money is hers only and the husband are not allowed to touch it. She may help her husband and support him, but only if she wants. In Islam, its the husband who is obligated to provide her with food, shelter and clothing. A companion asked prophet Muhammed what is the right of a wife over her husband. He said, “That you feed her when you eat and clothe her when you clothe yourself and do not strike her face. Do not malign her and do not keep apart from her, except in the house. ”Just this one saying of prophet Muhammed is enough to show us the amazing position of wives in Islam and how much it respects them:The best among you are those who are the best to their wives. (Muslim)Islam on mothersIslam raises mothers to a status greater than that found in any other religion. Its very hard indeed to say that Islam oppress women when we know the treatment of mothers in Islam. The treatment of mothers in Islam is quite amazing. Islam commands kindness, respect and obedience to mothers. You should not be kind to only your mother. You should be kind to your father also, but more to your mother. The command to be good to one's parents begins right from the Quran. God says:"Worship God and join not any partners with Him; and be kind to your parents. .. " [Noble Quran 4:36] Prophet Muhammed has given more rights to the mother than anybody else. He said:"Do good to and serve your mother, then your mother, then your mother, then your father, then the near relatives and then those who come after them. "[Mazhari]But why does mothers have most rights? Because every mother has to go through the problems of pregnancy and a lot of pains, and no child can be born without women. God says in the Quran:"And We have enjoined upon man, to his parents, good treatment. His mother carried him with hardship and gave birth to him with hardship, and his gestation and weaning [period] is thirty months. [He grows] until, when he reaches maturity and reaches [the age of] forty years, he says, "My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to work righteousness of which You will approve and make righteous for me my offspring. Indeed, I have repented to You, and indeed, I am of the Muslims. " [Noble Quran 46:15]Moreover, you cannot come to paradise, no matter what, if you are not good to your mother. Prophet Muhammed said: Paradise lies at the feet of your mother [Musnad Ahmad, Sunan An-Nasâ’i, Sunan Ibn Mâjah]What can be greater evidence of honoring women than this? If Islam oppressed women, would it say all this about mothers? Of course not. The Economic Aspect of Women in IslamIslam gives women very much economic rights. The Islamic Law recognizes the full property rights of women before and after marriage. She can do whatsoever she wants to do with her property, and her husband has no rights on them. Islam also gives women completely financial security. Muslim women are required to receive marital gifts without limit and to keep present and future properties and income for their own security, even after marriage. The Muslim women's money is hers alone, and nobody has the right to touch it. The husband must also give full financial support during marriage and during the “waiting period”. Even after divorce - another right of Muslim women, which both Judaism and Christianity doesn't give to their women - the husband have to support her financially for a whole year. It should also be noted that in Europe until the 19th century, women did not have the right to own their own property. Islam on the other hand gave them the right to own their own property 1,400 years ago (Quran 4:32). Women in Islam have many more economical rights, but it would be to much to mention them all. Let us just say it this way: Economical rights is not a problem for Muslim women. Some other examples1: Men and women have the same religious duties, moral duties and responsibilities“And their Lord responded to them (saying): Never will I allow to be lost the work of (any) worker among you, whether male or female; you are of one another. .. ” (Quran 3:195)2: From the spiritual aspectAccording to Islam, men and women have the same spirit, and there is no superiority in the spiritual sense between men and women. (The Quran 4:1)3: The Quran clearly admonishes those men who oppress or ill-treat women'O you who believe! You are forbidden to inherit women against their will. Nor should you treat them with harshness, that you may take away part of the dowry you have given them - except when they have become guilty of open lewdness. On the contrary live with them on a footing of kindness and equity. If you take a dislike to them, it may be that you dislike something and Allah will bring about through it a great deal of good. ' (The Quran 7:36)This verse basically takes the cake. To say that Islam oppress women when it itself clearly says to not be harsh with them, but to be kind to them, is very illogical indeed.4: As a childBefore Islam came, some Arab tribes buried their female babies alive, just because of the fact that they were females. This wicked thing was denounced immediately when Islam came. God says in the Quran:"And when the female (infant) buried alive - is questioned, for what crime she was killed? 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? Certainly, evil is what they decide. (Quran 16:58-59)Children, both females and males, has also the right to be supported by their parents in everything. Prophet Muhammad said: Whosoever supports two daughters until they mature, he and I will come on the Day of Judgment as this (and he pointed with his fingers held together).5: Equality between a man and womanThe sole basis for superiority of any person over another, according to Islam, is piety and righteousness, not gender, color, or nationality (see the Quran 49:13). This fact alone clearly shows that Islam does not oppress women, or any other human for that matter. According to Islam, all humans are from one soul. Women is equal to men, but Islam recognises that they are different, so women have some rights on men, and men have some rights on women. Also, we find in the Quran something quite amazing:"I shall not lose sight of the labor of any of you who labors in My way, be it man or woman; each of you is equal to the other (3:195)"This verse explicitly states that women is equal to men, and thus completely refuting the myth that Islam oppress women. ConclusionAs we clearly can see by just these examples, Islam does not oppress women. In fact, it was Islam which liberated women after they was badly oppressed by the pagan Arabs for several years. It has Islam which gave women many rights that was prohibited them by the pagan Arabs, like the right to own her own property and to divorce. Muslim women has many rights, rights which women in Europe didn't have until just some 100 years ago, in contrast to Muslim women, who had them 1,400 years ago. Islam does not oppress women, it liberates them. That's why most converts to Islam are women, especially in Europe and USA. Source. http://d1.islamhouse.com...