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It is a fascinating truth that people don't tend to get things just a little wrong; more often, when they are wrong, they believe close to the perfect opposite of the truth.
One example is the common claim that Muslim women are oppressed by wearing the abaya and chador.
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| Abaya |
In the Arab world, black is the colour of kingship, as purple would be in Northern Europe. Only one man, the king, is permitted to wear black. Black; like every abaya.
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| Holy Kaaba, Mecca |
What else is clothed entirely in black? Ever seen a picture of the Kaaba? As in, the holiest shrine in Islam, the purported centre of the universe.
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| King Saud |
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| King Faisal |
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| King Abdullah |
So, right, Arab culture devalues and oppresses women. Just as it devalues and oppresses the king and God himself.
Arab women also have the right to cover their faces. Men may not; for a man, to do so would be a crime. Now, in Arab/Muslim culture, who else is ritually shown with their face covered or hidden? God, and the prophets.
Not exactly slumming it here, girls, are we?
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dress code---for both men and women isn't about oppression---it is about dignity and self-respect.
women---In Saudi Arabia, women may not be able to drive a car---but they are financially independent and they have banks and financial institutions that cater specifically to their needs. A women's wealth and assets belongs to her alone and no one else. In Islam, married working women do not contribute to the family unless they volunteer to do so. This means that anything they earn belongs to them alone.
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