The Prophet Muhammed upon whom be peace encouraged women to study and learn and in fact his wife Aisha was one of the greatest and most knowledgeable jurists and teachers in Islamic history. Less than 200 years after Muhammad’s death, in the 8th century, it was a Muslim woman Fatima Al-Fihri who set up the world’s first university, in fact, in the words of author Ruth Roded: “In reading the biographies of thousands of Muslim women scholars, one is amazed at the evidence that contradicts the view of Muslim women as marginal, secluded and restricted.” In her study she found that the proportion of female lecturers in many classical Islamic colleges was higher than in modern Western universities.” Here in Britain – women had to fight for their right to enter universities and only started getting degrees in 1920! If there are men in the world who are stopping women from being educated, they are going against the teachings of Prophet Muhammad! These were all revolutionary ideas that are relatively new even to Europe and the Western World. Yet Muhammad was saying these things 1400 years ago. Keep exploring the #SecretsOfAMuslimWoman on onereason.org/secrets
Posted on: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 01:15:54 +0000
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