That is simply their misogynistic interpretation which is when you actually delve into it goes against common sense. There is nothing in Islam to suggest that women aren’t allowed to fend for themselves or be educated. Especially in the light of the fact that in Islam, women are indeed incredibly financially vulnerable. In the Hanafi fiqh, a husband has no obligations to even pay for his wife’s medical expenses:The rationale given is that it would lead to lower birth rates due to factors like female hypergamy, and that it would disincentives women from adhering to the Islamic structure of the family, where the husband is the head of the family.
And since one of the maqasid of the shariah is to maintain the Islamic family structure, then it would be in Islam's best interest to ban female education.
They often use Western and East Asian nations as an example on why Muslims need to be wary of this.
In matters of women entering the workforce and it's detrimental affect on Muslim marriages I find myself agreeing with them, but the solutions they provide isn't wise.
If there is a way for women to earn money without engaging in free mixing with men, then I have zero issues with it. Especially when the life of SAHM is less fulfilling in the modern age due to their lesser involvement in a lot of key matters like the education of children.
To top it off, Muslim men have the right for unilateral divorce and can divorce any time for any reason. Alimony in Islam is haram, even for a middled aged woman who has been married for 30 yrs that has spent her whole youth looking after her husband homes and after 3 months upon divorce can find herself homeless and that’s all within the sharia.
So please explain to me, why If Muslim men really care about the health of the family, why is it at the survival and expense of women? Why have Muslim men never tried to create policies that make it easier for women to fulfil their family obligations but also take into account their emotional, financial and physical health?
What the Taliban are doing is reducing women to baby making incubators whose very survival is at risk and there is a reason why statistically the world’s poor is mostly made up of women.
As a woman, this farce cannot be upheld and don’t expect any woman with any common sense or survival instincts to even care about this male obsession of birth rates. If I a woman is nothing but a breeding cattle and my wellbeing isn’t taking into account, humanity can cease to exist for all I care and every Muslim should know what is written is written and it’s Allah who decides the future of a nation.
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