tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551190720109702496.post5172365275975442303..comments2007-04-28T22:15:28.798-04:00Comments on Muslim Muckraker: The Canadian Conversation: Muslims & Gender EqualityMuslim Muckrakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535804451874248651noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551190720109702496.post-32288399106245586492007-04-23T11:32:00.000-04:002007-04-23T11:32:00.000-04:00Thanks a lot for your comments. I may not see eye-...Thanks a lot for your comments. I may not see eye-to-eye with you on everything you've said, but you've certainly given me a lot to think about.Muslim Muckrakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06535804451874248651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551190720109702496.post-46243337308417872552007-04-12T15:14:00.000-04:002007-04-12T15:14:00.000-04:00I tried posting a comment here a few days ago, but...I tried posting a comment here a few days ago, but it didn't work for some reason. Anyway, I wanted to say that while I very much enjoy reading your blog, I think your analysis here is somewhat simplistic and perhaps even misleading. Has God really prescribed gender-differentiated family roles (besides childbearing, which is clearly something only women can do)? There are numerous examples from the Prophet’s time that show that the roles overlapped and were often shared between the sexes. Nevertheless, regardless of whether or not this is the norm, it seems to me unclear that gender differentiation was meant as a religious prescription to be continued over the many hundreds of years that followed.<BR/><BR/>Moreover, your explanations of labour and of inheritance laws are anachronistic, in that in modern societies, a) most jobs aren’t physically intensive and don’t need to be filled by a male, b) females often earn nearly as much as males, or at least enough to maintain themselves, and c) there are many single-mother families. One might ask, given these changing circumstances, whether the inheritances laws aren’t in need of adaptation.<BR/><BR/>Re. hijab, it really isn’t correct to generalize that women wear it for fear of objectification. That has been the common argument in the past, but it really isn’t a very good one. Ultimately, Muslim women wear certain types of clothing for a host of different reasons. The Quranic prescription seems to be a) for modesty, and b) as a marker of a free woman and thus a means by which one’s physical protection was secured.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551190720109702496.post-71266852755124885152007-04-02T01:25:00.000-04:002007-04-02T01:25:00.000-04:00i don't think there has been a poll to show that m...i don't think there has been a poll to show that most muslim women who wear hijab are wearing it by force. Otherwise it would have been on the headlines of every newspaper.Deenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12743808620446660511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551190720109702496.post-29390266329046950272007-04-01T22:36:00.000-04:002007-04-01T22:36:00.000-04:00You're welcome. I'm not sure if that's his persona...You're welcome. I'm not sure if that's his personal opinion or if it's what he decuded from his polling.Muslim Muckrakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06535804451874248651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551190720109702496.post-36330659472880421212007-03-31T02:02:00.000-04:002007-03-31T02:02:00.000-04:00Wasalaamthanks for the msg. I really liked this ar...Wasalaam<BR/><BR/>thanks for the msg. I really liked this article although i found it ironic that the president of Environics believes that the hijab is a sign of patriarchy rather than women's liberation. But meh, he can believe whatever he wants. But the interesting point would be for him to run a poll on muslim women who wear hijabs. Maybe the outcome will be something different than his personal views.Deenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12743808620446660511noreply@blogger.com