Mirza is sexist and uses his religion as a shield

Thank you. I think that my opponent misunderstands me, and I think that the readers might to the same, therefore I will explain my case once more. Islam does not say that women should not work. In fact, it is a honorable thing when a woman works. If a woman wears proper Islamic clothing, avoids mixing with non-blood relative men, and works in a field which will not disturb her so much that she will not be able to do work at home, then she is welcome to work. It is necessary that women work in many cases, such as nurses, doctors, teachers, psychologists, female advisory groups, etcetera. There is nothing wrong with that. Similarly, a male should also observe proper Islamic clothing, avoid mixing with non-blood relative women, and work enough to be able to sustain his family and feed them. I certainly hope that nobody says that there is anything sexist in this. Moving on, my opponent said that women should choose to work if they want to. I agree with this and Islam agrees with this. A male and a female can agree on the marital rulings before marriage, except if it is about permitting what is prohibited, and prohibiting what is obligatory, such as paying zakat or praying. If a woman does not want her future husband to marry other wives, then she has the right to make a claim. If she wants to work, she can make a claim, and so forth. Islam sets perfect guidelines for all people, and gives a high priority to marriage. See, marriage is a very important thing. I know that by Western standards, it might not be very important nowadays, but Islam has always valued and will always value marriage. When a person gets married, his sexual feelings can be "spent" on a person permitted for him/her, he can freely uncover before someone who is permitted for him, and so forth. When a person is not married, he/she might fall into temptation and engage in premarital sex, so-called parties with intoxicants, or something else which is strictly prohibited in Islam for many reasons. Moreover, my opponent implied that a woman is "luckier than most" if she has the option not to work. Then what is wrong with Islam telling a man to work and giving a woman the "option" to work? By Western standards, it is easy for a male to work and meet the needs of his family, even if his wife does not work. In fact, the Western World suffers a lot due to horrible parenting. It does indeed. Discipline was valued a lot, but now it is almost history. In older times, children were taught respect and they were disciplined by at least one parent throughout their childhood. It was usually the mother who was the "teacher." She taught the children discipline, respect, self-righteousness, and many other key factors in a morally valued behavior. Islam promotes this and lets a woman stay home and actually have a job in a different way than Westerners look at it. A job as a mother who raises her children, who welcomes her husband after his hard day at work, and teaches the children about all important qualities which they need to possess in order to achieve moral success in life. Abortion statistics: http://www.guttmacher.org... and http://www.abortionno.org... The second link states, "64.4% of all abortions are performed on never-married women." Is this what you call discipline? Is this a proper way of life? Murdering unborn human beings is what a society needs? Then someone has the courage to insult the beautiful religion of Islam because it lets a mother have the job - by her option - to stay home and let her daughters and sons be faithful and chaste human beings, who do not have to murder their unborn children because they never got taught not to have sex before finding the proper person. Is this what Islam should advocate? A religion which values life and safety should perhaps let children wear the clothes of prostitutes at the age of 10? It is painful to see a prepubescent girl wear clothes which resemble a woman who sells her body every night to strangers, and walks like a model she saw on television, who barely has enough flesh between her bones and her skin. Is this discipline? Is this what Islam and I should advocate? No. That will never happen. Islam permits men working, Islam permits women working, but Islam will never tell a woman to be obliged to work, because a woman should have every right to stay home and raise her children to become happy human beings, and not once who want to resemble a dead Marilyn Monroe or someone who brings shame to human skin, such as Marilyn Manson. The reason why a man must work is because in older days, and also in modern days, many - perhaps even most - parts of the world are requiring good physique for physical work. Should women work as miner? Is this, in all honesty, suitable for women? There is enough evidence to prove that men, in general, are physically stronger than women, which is exactly why a man is obliged to work. There is no need to say that there are easy jobs. Yes, but that does not matter. What matters is that the gender which is stronger is to be obliged to work, and the other should have the option to work. It is never befitting that we speak in general terms and say that women must work and men should have the option to. Men can be very stubborn and unpredictable, and letting them have the "option" to work would not be a good idea. Furthermore, just because my opponent does not like to be complimented does not mean that other women do not like it. I have no doubts about this. Most women are more than happy when someone honors them. When sons and daughters honor their mother, it is almost one of the best gifts they can give to her. Fathers can be equally loved, equally respected, equally obeyed, but mothers have every right to be more honored. Yes, some fathers do much more than some non-caring, lazy mothers, but keep in mind that "all" mothers have given a birth through hardship in one way or another, while it is definitely not the case that all men are doing more than mothers (for their children). I thank my opponent for the debate. I hope that my case has been made clear. Please read this, too: http://quranicteachings.co.uk... Thank you all.