We find very few anaemic men but most women are anaemic. The Muslim Women s condition is the same. Here, we are not talking of the lucky few who enjoy the sunshine under bluer skies and on greener pastures. A lucky few cannot represent the half billion Muslim women across the world. The dilemma of the Muslim woman is doubled as she neither has a platform or political or social representation, like her Hindu, Sikh or Christian counterparts, to highlight her woes.
Men grow up seeing a woman weeping as a mother, a sister, a wife and as a daughter.
In all these roles the Muslim woman suffers. Her rights are glorified at the highest pitch from microphones on bedecked stages by garlanded leaders, her duties counted endlessly. True, Islam gives her unbelievable rights, exalted status and a constructive role in society, but that is what Islam gives her. All her rights are mentioned in the Shariah. All her duties and extra-duties are imposed on her in totality.