ISLAMIC
BILL OF RIGHTS
FOR WOMEN
ISLAMIC BILL OF RIGHTS FOR WOMEN IN THE MOSQUE
SHARIA
MOSQUE
ISLAMIC BILL OF RIGHTS FOR WOMEN RELATED TOPICS
ISLAMIC BILL OF RIGHTS FOR WOMEN IN THE BEDROOM
ISLAMIC BILL OF RIGHTS FOR WOMEN LINKS
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ISLAMIC
BILL OF RIGHTS
FOR WOMEN
The Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Mosque is a list of rights
for Islamic women in the mosque written by Muslim author and feminist
Asra Nomani. The Bill of Rights was vanguarded in the United States in
2004 by the Daughters of Hajar, a group of 7 prominent progressive
Muslim feminists.
The Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Mosque
The Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Mosque lists 10 rights that
women should be granted in regard to their participation at the Mosque,
such as entering the Mosque through the main entry door, and not be
required to only enter through the back and to have full access to the
Mosque without separation by artificial barriers designed to segregate
women from the men. The list goes on to grant women the right to freely
address the members of the congregation whether they be men or women and
to hold leadership positions as well as to receive equal treatment as
the men.
1. Women have an Islamic right to enter a mosque.
2. Women have an Islamic right to enter through the main door.
3. Women have an Islamic right to visual and auditory access
to the musalla (main sanctuary).
4. Women have an Islamic right to pray in the musalla without
being separated by a barrier, including in the front and in
mixed-gender congregational lines.
5. Women have an Islamic right to address any and all members
of the congregation.
6. Women have an Islamic right to hold leadership positions,
including positions as prayer leaders, or imams, and as
members of the board of directors and management committees.
7. Women have an Islamic right to be full participants in all
congregational activities.
8. Women have an Islamic right to lead and participate in meetings,
study sessions, and other community activities without being
separated by a barrier.
9. Women have an Islamic right to be greeted and addressed cordially.
10. Women have an Islamic right to respectful treatment and exemption
from gossip and slander.
Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Mosque
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Bill_of_Rights_for_Women_in_the_Mosque
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SHARIA
Sharia or sharia law, is the basic Islamic legal system derived from
the religious precepts of Islam, particularly the Quran and the Hadith.
The term sharia comes from the Arabic language term shari?ah, which
means a body of moral and religious law derived from religious prophecy,
as opposed to human legislation.
Sharia deals with many topics, including crime, politics, and economics,
well as personal matters such as sexual intercourse, hygiene, diet,
everyday etiquette and fasting. Adherence to sharia has served as one
of the distinguishing characteristics of the Muslim faith historically.
In its strictest and most historically coherent definition, sharia is
considered in Islam as the infallible law of God.
There are two primary sources of sharia: the Quran, and the Hadiths
(opinions and life example of Muhammad). For topics and issues not
directly addressed in these primary sources, sharia is derived. The
derivation differs between the various sects of Islam (Sunni and Shia),
and various jurisprudence schools such as Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i,
Hanbali and Jafari.
The sharia in these schools is derived hierarchically using one or more
of the following guidelines: Ijma (usually the consensus of Muhammad's
companions), Qiyas (analogy derived from the primary sources), Istihsan
(ruling that serves the interest of Islam in the discretion of Islamic
jurists) and Urf (customs).
SHARIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia
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MOSQUE
A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam.
MOSQUE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque
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ISLAMIC
BILL OF RIGHTS
FOR WOMEN
RELATED TOPICS
Asra Nomani
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asra_Nomani
Hagar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagar
Sex segregation in Islam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_segregation_in_Islam
Women in Islam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Islam
Quran
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran
Hadith
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadith
Islam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam
Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Mosque
http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Islamic_Bill_of_Rights_for_Women_in_the_Mosque
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ISLAMIC
BILL OF RIGHTS
FOR WOMEN
IN THE BEDROOM
Women have an Islamic right to respectful and pleasurable sexual
experience.
Women have an Islamic right to make independent decisions about their
bodies, including the right to say no to sex.
Women have an Islamic right to make independent decisions about their
partner, including the right to say no to a husband marrying a second
wife.
Women have an Islamic right to make independent decisions about their
choice of a partner.
Women have an Islamic right to make independent decisions about
contraception and reproduction.
Women have an Islamic right to protection from physical, emotional, and
sexual abuse.
Women have an Islamic right to sexual privacy.
Women have an Islamic right to exemption from criminalization or
punishment for consensual adult sex.
Women have an Islamic right to exemption from gossip and slander.
Women have an Islamic right to sexual health care and sex education.
Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Bedroom
http://www.signup4.net/Upload/KELL10A/DVVI10E/islamicbillofrightsinthebedroom.pdf
Sisters of Hagar
http://sistersofhagar.org/index.html
Samina Ali
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samina_Ali
The International Museum of Women, (I.M.O.W.)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Museum_of_Women
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ISLAMIC
BILL OF RIGHTS
FOR WOMEN
LINKS
Asra Nomani
http://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/muslimwomen/bio/asra_q._nomani/
Asra Nomani
http://www.asranomani.com/
The Daughters of Allah
http://www.muslimhope.com/DaughtersOfAllah.htm
Daughters in Islam
http://www.islamweb.net/en/article/140382/
Islam's Bill of Rights
http://www.islamicfocus.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=24
Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Bedroom
http://www.lccewa.ca/resources/additional-resources/139-islamic-bill
The Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in Mosques
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/168/story_16846_1.html
The Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Mosque
http://classroom.synonym.com/islamic-bill-rights-women-mosque-23426.html
The Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Mosque
http://www.digplanet.com/wiki/Islamic_Bill_of_Rights_for_Women_in_the_Mosque
Islam and its Conflict with the Bill of Rights
http://www.undergroundnotes.com/Conflict.html
Living Islam Out Loud: American Muslim Women Speak
http://aaupnet.org/librarybooks/200-299Religion.html
Muslim Women's League
http://www.mwlusa.org/index.html
The Origin of Hagar/Hajar
http://arabianprophets.com/?page_id=663
The Origins of Islamic Law
http://www.crf-usa.org/america-responds-to-terrorism/the-origins-of-islamic-law.html
Standing Alone: An American Woman’s Struggle for the Soul of Islam
http://www.pbs.org/weta/crossroads/about/show_mosque_excerpt.html
THE STRANGE CASE OF HAGAR THE MOTHER OF ARABS
http://www.biblemysteries.com/lectures/strangecaseofhagar.htm
Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.alhewar.com/ISLAMDECL.html
US: Daughters of Hajar
http://www.wluml.org/node/1543
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